Bush a descendant of the power-hungry warlord who led the Norman invasion

[G_j]

"800 years of mutual misery" :wow:
LOL, how far did the apple fall from this tree?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5112916-110878,00.html

Scion of traitors and warlords: why Bush is coy about his Irish links
Tapestry artist reveals ancestors of US president as murderous bunch

Angelique Chrisafis, Ireland correspondent
Thursday January 27, 2005

Guardian

It is perhaps not the best omen for US foreign affairs. Local historians in Wexford have discovered that George Bush is a descendant of Strongbow, the power-hungry warlord who led the Norman invasion of Ireland thus heralding 800 years of mutual misery. With a long line of Scots Irish presidents including Woodrow Wilson, the Irish are normally quick to claim US leaders as their own. But, despite President Bush's large Ulster Scots vote in the American Bible belt, Ireland had let his family escape the genealogical microscope.

But now Ann Griffin Bernstorff, an artist working on a tapestry to commemorate Ireland's Norman heritage, has discovered what she claims is the Bushs' missing Irish link.

Ms Griffin Bernstorff was researching Strongbow's son-in-law, William Marshal, when she discovered the connection. A descendant of Marshal married Anne Marbury Hutchinson, a famous 16th century religious dissenter who had already been linked to Mr Bush.

"It is one of those bizarre developments," she said. "We traced the Bush genealogy through a Republican source in Chicago and found it was correct. People here are absolutely shocked. I'm not sure what the wider reaction will be, Bush has not been seen as a great friend of the Irish."

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[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. It make sense that Dubya would be related to a power hungry...

Rapist of the land!

[applegrove]

2. Oh my god!! The 'Myth' making has really begun in earnest.

Bush and 50 Million other people.

A good portion of us (with some European blood) are also descended from Mohammed too (through Spanish history to Royalty, & then to the masses). I wonder if Bush is descended from Mohammed too?

Can someone find that article on the Queen being related to Mohammed?

[ashmanonar]

4. but are 50 million other people conquering other

lands for personal reasons or for profit?

i think tha'ts the key here...we're showing that he's JUST like his ancestor.

[G_j]

5. a bit of trivia, but interesting in a way

for some reason, I could imagine Monty Python doing a little skit on this

[ashmanonar]

7. lol.

so could i.

"NObody expects the spanish inquisition!"

[EastofEdon]

3. what fun!

I needed something to 'lighten up' with..

"The genetic line can also be traced to Dermot MacMurrough, the Gaelic king of Leinster reviled in history books as the man who sold Ireland for personal gain.

Even before MacMurrough earned the title of Ireland's worst traitor by inviting Strongbow's invasion to save himself from a local feud, the Irish chieftain had a reputation for gore. One English chronicler told how MacMurrough, recognising the features of a personal enemy poking from a pile of severed heads after a battle, snatched up the rotting flesh and tore it with his teeth in a "hideous frenzy"."

[pretzel4gore]

6. he descended from a monkey, enuff said

the gibbering goofball of the goddamed gop

[ashmanonar]

8. oh, come on.

show the monkey a little respect. i'm sure he didn't want an ancestor like gw.

[G_j]

9. no certainly not

i don't think even a slime mold would approve

[pretzel4gore]

10. the monketys maybe think, 'it's the office, not the man!'

i mean, geez, the guy's the ...ahem potus or 'president of the united states' and the monketys (not to mention 'slime' mould) might be proud of the fruit of their loins(?)

[ashmanonar]

13. dupe.

[ashmanonar]

15. wow, i got messed up there...what were we talking about?

:dunce:

[G_j]

18. lol

and thanks for the spelling correction (mould) :think: :-)

[many a good man]

11. He comes from a long line of power-hungry warlords

Ireland's worst traitor

America's worst traitor.

[sierrajim]

12. Ah dont forget that he is also related to John Kerry

http://www.familyforest.com/Kerry_Bush_Ancestors.html

[ashmanonar]

14. eh.

did ya notice that the number of generations didn't get lower than 19 that they shared? that means that most likely we're all related at least indirectly to both of them.

unless you're a pure-blood native american, or a descendant of an ancient asian line, you're related in some way to everyone around you.

[G_j]

16. kick to bookend with mopauls King David post

for the winger who says * is a related to King David
:-)

[JNelson6563]

17. I'd like to know which "descendent" of Marshal's

married Ms. Hutchinson. Through which of Marhsal's many children does this atrocity occur?

Julie