It's been reported that Dick Cheney and Barrack Obama are 8th cousins, having a common ancestor 8 generations ago. Other reports surfaced (most done by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, not sure how credible they are) that stated Obama being related to 8 U.S. presidents including both Bushs, Harry Truman, LBJ, through something ridiculous like "11th cousins 3 times removed" and the youtube community just about lost their minds.
Anyways, what are the odds of random people.... well they aren't random people. What are the odds of people of the same race (Obama is biracial, but the rest are white) and similar social status being 6th, 7th, or even 11th cousins twice, three times, or even six times removed and it being some kind of unintentional coincidence?
