Are Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie related?

Compared to the distant relationship between Hillary Duff and Queen Elizabeth II, the relationship of Angelia Jolie and Hillary Clinton is much closer. As it turns out, the two are 9th cousins, twice eliminated through a common relative they share, who happens to be Jean Cusson of St. Sulpice, Quebec (via Reuters). But Jolie isn’t the only celebrity associated with Clinton. She is also the 9th cousin to Madonna through Pierre Gagne of Quebec, as are Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, author Jack Kerouac, and Crown Prince Charle’s wife Camilla Parker Bowles.

Jolie’s ex-husband Brad Pitt is also related to a former President – Barack Obama. This couple are ninth cousins, each Guardians, through a common ancestor named Edwin Hickman, who was a sheriff in Virginia. Obama is a direct descendant of Hickman’s son James, while Pitt is related to Edwin, Hickman’s other son. Jr. As genealogist Christopher Child notes, “If people have ancestry in a common area of ​​the country, they’re more likely to find a connection — in the Obama and Pitt homes in the south.”