As for Bush being descended from British royalty, that's no big deal--I would venture to bet that nearly everyone on this board (on both sides of the Atlantic) is also!! We genealogists always joke about getting back to Charlemagne or to William the Conqueror, but in reality, given the number of offspring, the relatively high(er) standard of living, longer life expectancies, multiple spouses/liaisons, etc. that royalty enjoyed throughout history, it's not too farfetched to claim royal blood. Once you've connected to one of them, too, you're linked to all of Europe, because of the intermarriages of European royalty.

And once you realize that your number of direct ancestors DOUBLES with every generation back, and there are five or so generations in each century, most of us can link up with some royal line in England (and, for that matter, France, Spain, etc....) in the 1500s or earlier.

However, the royal tendency toward intermarriage and inbreeding might explain some of George W.'s oddities!!
Tara

[ 06-14-2001: Message edited by: taravb ]