Hillary Clinton related to Angelina Jolie

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In what might be a fusty organization’s best ploy ever to get people to go climb a family tree, the New England Historical Genealogical Societyhas announced the bizarre family ties of candidates. Hillary Clinton is apparently related -- think 9th cousins, twice removed -- to Angelina Jolie. And she’s got Madonna and Jack Kerouac as relations too. Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s distant kin includes George W. Bush, Brad Pitt and Robert E. Lee. The Rage will gladly come to his family reunion and suck down a few Pabsts, thanks. John McCain is a sixth cousin of Laura Bush. (Clearly, McCain has no right to be our next president if he can’t even muster up a 27th cousin like Jessica Simpson.) Genealogists spent three years tracing the limbs of these candidates. The society’s website has a feature that allows you to trace your own genealogy, but it appears to be glutted at the moment with requests. Who’s your most notable 87th cousin, nine times removed?