Barack Obama’s Surprising Connection to a Hollywood Star
Barack Obama has a fascinating and little-known family connection to Hollywood—he’s distantly related to actor Brad Pitt. This quirky fact came to light during Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, when he appeared on The View. Joy Behar asked him about the rumor, and Obama confirmed with a smile, “I guess we’re ninth cousins, something removed—or something like that.
” He added humorously, “I think he got the better-looking side of the gene pool.” Genealogical research traced both Obama and Pitt back to a common ancestor—Edwin Hickman—who was born in the late 1600s in Virginia. This makes the two men ninth cousins, a distant but very real connection.
Obama isn’t the only politician with surprising celebrity ties. Hillary Clinton is also ninth cousins with actress Angelina Jolie. The two…
