• May 26, 2012

Obama And Warren Buffett Are Cousins? Sure!

by Juli Weiner  

Reuters actually clicked those ancestry.com pop-ups and is now reporting that Barack Obama and Warren Buffet are seventh cousins three times removed. “Genealogists at ancestry.com announced on Tuesday that Obama and Buffett are related through a 17th century Frenchman named Mareen Duvall. According to the online genealogists, Duvall — who immigrated to Maryland from France in the 1650s — is Obama’s 9th great grandfather and Buffett’s 6th great grandfather.” Warren Buffett is not even legally our country’s president at all. [Reuters]

{ 33 comments }

Barrelhse December 15, 2009 at 8:54 am

Today we’re all French.

Larry McAwful December 15, 2009 at 8:55 am

That’s why Obama does everything Buffett tells him to do. They think exactly alike, as did Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon, who were fifth cousins.

Squiggy December 15, 2009 at 8:57 am

Who ISN’T Obama related to?

Texan Bulldoggette December 15, 2009 at 8:57 am

They are related to a Frenchman named Mareen? And neither of them are gay? Does not compute.

ManchuCandidate December 15, 2009 at 8:57 am

Buffet: I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.
Barry: What’s that make us?
Buffet: Absolutely nothing.

Carrie_Okie December 15, 2009 at 8:58 am

Kenyan, Hawaiian, Muslin, French, Vichy, Fascist, Socialist, Commie, Black, White…. omg, Barry is EVERYONE, and EVERY THING. All the time. Forever. And never. The Hindus were right.
SELL THE HOUSE
SELL THE CAR
SELL THE KIDS
FIND SOMEONE ELSE
FORGET IT
I’M NEVER COMING BACK
FORGET IT
/amen

Terry December 15, 2009 at 8:59 am

Has anyone seen Mareen Duvall’s long form birth certificate? Does it have a raised seal and genuine signature?

Canmon (the Inadequate) December 15, 2009 at 9:01 am

NOBAMA IS FRENCH!!!!!

choinski December 15, 2009 at 9:07 am

I demand to see all 17 birth certificates.

Potater December 15, 2009 at 9:07 am

There’s no one quite as Irish as Barack O’Bama

thesheriffisnear December 15, 2009 at 9:10 am

What dumb luck. All of MY relatives are poor and constantly have their hand out.

TGY December 15, 2009 at 9:11 am

There’s a little bit of Barry in everybody.

Monsieur Grumpe December 15, 2009 at 9:11 am

Aujourd’hui nous sommes tous noir.

charlesdegoal December 15, 2009 at 9:13 am

Funny, they don’t look at all alike.

charlesdegoal December 15, 2009 at 9:18 am

Both are related to Wallis Simpson and hence by marriage to the British Royal Family.
Also to Robert Duvall, of course.

Larry McAwful December 15, 2009 at 9:19 am

Wait… you mean Warren Buffett is actually a Kenyan?

Carrie_Okie December 15, 2009 at 9:30 am

Jimmy Buffet on the other hand is related to Walnuts.

Spike December 15, 2009 at 9:30 am

I didn’t know Kenyans were French.

FlownOver December 15, 2009 at 9:31 am

Obama=Omaha. It’s a common etymological variation.

hoosiermama December 15, 2009 at 9:31 am

Not only is Obama a Kenyan, he is also French! What Would Fanon Do?

coolcatdaddy December 15, 2009 at 9:32 am

Could we have a Glenn Beck style diagram of this please?

JMP December 15, 2009 at 9:34 am

Good job Reuters, investigating the truly significant stories. Going back that far, they’re probably both related to Kevin Bacon, too.

BeWoot December 15, 2009 at 9:39 am

They do look a little like Kevin Bacon.

gurukalehuru December 15, 2009 at 9:44 am

Everybody is related to everybody else. Hey, Uncle Warren, could you spare me a couple million bucks?

Way Cool Larry December 15, 2009 at 9:54 am

more proof of Obama’s evil genealogy…

Flanders December 15, 2009 at 10:06 am

Bird certificate or GTFO

Decker December 15, 2009 at 10:11 am

Why is Buffet doing the “Thriller”?

PerhapsSo December 15, 2009 at 10:30 am

So does Hopey get written into the will?

Einstein' December 15, 2009 at 10:45 am

Do you need any more proof that these genealogy sites are scams?

Paul Tardy December 15, 2009 at 12:31 pm

“immigrated to Maryland from France” I thought the word was colonized? She colonized Maryland right.

Wow this nation really is ruled by an aristocracy the regenerates itself generation after generation. Go figure that this would come out after the fall of communism and is now impossible to stop.

lochnessmonster December 15, 2009 at 5:34 pm

How many times is he removed from Kevin Bacon?

LowerdPeninsula December 16, 2009 at 12:24 am

Wait, can someone tell me how far back we go before we find a common relative? Serioulsy, this is getting ridiculous. Hell, I’m probably related to Mareen Duvall. What a totally gay French name, BTW. Mareen. **snicker**

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