So we declared independence from the English Monarchy?

This is not really a political post. OK, it is a highly political post. But not in the way you think. That is because this highly political post does not have the tendency to piss anyone off.

You see, most of our Presidents are very related to one another. In fact, most are decendents of the English monarchy.

I found this out a couple of years ago. While trying to see a close relative of both Calvin Coolidge and Thomas Jefferson. I found out that at least 21 Presidents are decedents of the Plantagent monarchy (that is what Queen Elizabeth is). I did some more research, and the results are more surprising.

Originally, I thought there were 21 Presidents were Plantagents. That's how many were confirmed to be. But then I looked at another site and found there were a lot more. A lot more. Like almost all of them.

So, you think that Dwight Eisenhower is of complete German ancestry? Think again. He is a Plantagent. Legend has it that Andrew Jackson was trailer trash from Ireland. But he is one, too. Martin van Buren supposedly is entirely Dutch. Yet he hails from the English monarchy (although from an earlier line than the Plantagents). While there appeared they were not, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton are from this family, too. In fact, almost all Presidents are from this family. Check out this site:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tdowling/presidents/presidents.htm

Now, everyone knows that the current President is well connected. And is he ever! But that was known for a long time.

Of more interest is Dick Cheney. He is a close relative of Harry Truman - they have a common great, great grandfather, I believe. At least this website will attest to it:

http://www.wargs.com/political/cheney.html

Of note here is how many people are descedents of Henry Adams. He was the first Adams in America, so I think that those Presidents who are his descedents should be considered as part of his family also. They include not only the two Adams presidents, but also Dick Cheney, and Calvin Coolidge. Both should be included in the Adams family histories, because of their prominent positions, if only as brief mentions and a footnote.

So what is the moral here? One of two things. This will show I am crazy. There is the possibility that there is some dark force out there who picks the leaders of countries, and the Plantagent line one aspect of this dark line. So maybe the Da Vinci code is somewhat right (regarding the extinction of good monarchial lines, such as the Merogovinians).

Here is something a little more plausible. Rich people can afford lots of children. And kings are certainly rich. So they have lots of children, and while most of those children are not as wealthy, they have much more wealth than most others. So they have lots of children, too. And over and over again, where the wealth diminishes over time, and so do the number of children. But by the time you are giving birth to mean serfs, there are so many descendents, that it doesn't really matter - and the serfs are marrying their distant cousins anyway.

In any case, I thought this was fascinating, if only for coincidences. I am now very tired and will have to go to bed (see the time?). I will need to stop off and get a latte in the morning and get the bucket I put the roses in I give to these chicks at a latte stand in my town, so I can give them more roses this weekend (see a prior post - I get tons and tons of roses from my garden now, and if I don't give them away, they end up in the yard waste bin). What does this have to do with anything? Probably nothing, excepting that they probably are Plantagents, too.