Obama and Brad Pitt share relative

奥巴马与布拉德•皮特是亲戚

Àobāmǎ yǔ Bùlādé Pítè shì qīnqī

美国研究人员日前称,美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马不仅是现任总统乔治•W•布什的远亲,而且与"二战"时期的英国首相温斯顿•丘吉尔还沾亲带故.

US president Barack Obama turns out to be a distant relative not only of President George W. Bush but also of wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, according to US researchers.

新英格兰历史宗谱学会对曾经的美国三大总统竞选人的家谱进行研究后发现,希拉里•克林顿与流行天后麦当娜和"垮掉的一代"代表作家杰克•克鲁亚克都是亲戚.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society traced the family trees of the three major presidential candidates, also revealing Hillary Clinton's ties to pop icon Madonna and Beat generation writer Jack Kerouac.

1997年,希拉里凭借作品《一村之力》获格莱美"最佳专辑朗诵奖".希拉里的高级顾问菲利普•莱内斯说："你也许会想,有了家族遗传的歌唱天分,希拉里唱歌应该不会走调才是.不过现在看来,她得格莱美奖更是情理之中的事."

Clinton won for best spoken word Grammy in 1997 for "It Takes a Village". "You'd think with all that singing talent in the family she'd be able to carry a tune," Clinton's senior adviser Philippe Reines said. "But now it makes much more sense how she snagged a Grammy."

据称,奥巴马和好莱坞"万人迷"布拉德•皮特是第九代表亲,他们的共同祖先于1769年去世;希拉里•克林顿则是皮特女友安吉利娜•茱丽的第九代表亲,她们的共同祖先于1718年去世.

And while Obama and Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt are ninth cousins who share a relative who died in 1769, Clinton is a ninth cousin twice removed of Pitt's partner Angelina Jolie, sharing a common ancestor who died in 1718.

此外,克林顿与歌手席琳•迪翁和艾拉妮丝•莫莉塞特等很多法裔加拿大名人都有亲戚关系.开展该研究的系谱专家克里斯托夫•洽德说："具有法裔加拿大血统的人与其他很多法裔加拿大人有亲戚关系,这很正常."

Clinton is meanwhile also related to a number of celebrities with French Canadian ancestry, including singers Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. "It is common to find people of French Canadian descent to be related to large numbers of other French Canadians," said genealogist Christopher Child, who conducted the research.　

有关共和党总统竞选人约翰•麦凯恩的研究结果可能没那么令人惊讶.研究发现,他是第一夫人劳拉•布什的第六代表亲.

On the Republican side, John McCain's family tree came up with perhaps less surprising results, revealing mainly that he was a sixth cousin of First Lady Laura Bush.

词语解释：

沾亲带故 （zhān qīn dài gù） have some relative relation

宗谱 （zōngpǔ） genealogy

家谱 （jiā pǔ） family tree

走调 （zǒudiào） not carry a tune

(Source: myechinese.com)