77. the likelihood of any two random people being 9th or 10th cousins is actually not very high.
Edited on Wed Aug-04-10 12:30 AM by Hannah Bell
odds start rising quickly around 11.
our presidents aren't a random group, for various reasons: most of their ancestors were upper class, marrying within a very limited pool in an already limited pool (immigrants to the us).
they're more closely related than a random assortment of americans.
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