Mr. Reitweisner's genealogies are fun to browse (www.wargs.com). Obama is a cousin to Christopher Reeve, Brad Pitt, Howard Dean, Brit Hume, Katharine Hepburn, Harry Truman, VP Cheney, Senator Robert Byrd, John Hinckley, both Presidents Bush, Jon Benet Ramsey and Georgia O'Keefe, among many others.
LOL....we're ALL related! And, furthermore, MY great, great, great, great, great, great,.... great grandparents were likely slaves also....in the Roman Empire.