Clinton Wins Race for Royal Blood
LONDON — President Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole have more in common than wanting to be president. They are distant cousins.
But Clinton has a snootier pedigree, according to genealogists who say that gives him an election edge.
Both Clinton and Dole can trace their ancestry to King Henry III and Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison, according to Burke’s Peerage.
But Clinton has far more royal blood than Dole because he is directly descended from King Robert I of France and is also related to every Scottish monarch and to the current British royal family.
Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke’s Peerage, says Clinton’s bluer blood gives him an edge on Nov. 5.
“The presidential candidate with the greatest number of royal genes has always been the victor, without exception, since George Washington,†Brooks-Baker said.
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