Schadenfreude

I received and email from Geni today informing me that I am related to Barack Obama.

Did you know that you are related to President Obama? We found him in your family tree on Geni.

Specifically, he’s your 18th cousin five times removed.

You can find this in the tree by navigating to your father’s mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s father’s sister’s daughter’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s daughter’s daughter’s daughter’s daughter’s son’s daughter’s son.

To see the exact path from you to President Obama or any other blood relative on Geni:

1. Upgrade to Geni Pro
2. View the public profile for Barack Obama

Geni needs your help! We’re proud of the hard work our users have put into building our site and we want to share the story. Please reply to this email if you would be willing to let us list your name among the tens of thousands of President Obama’s blood relatives who are on Geni.

Thank you for using Geni.
-The Geni Team

I’m not going to upgrade to Geni Pro to actually traverse this path, but it’s interesting nonetheless. He can go on the list with Eisenhower, Daniel Boone, and King Edward III.

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