French town turns eyes to American cousin - John Kerry

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French town turns eyes to American cousin - John Kerry

SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France (AFP) - This small seaside resort in northwest France has had its eyes turned toward America ever since John Kerry (news - web sites), who spent part of his childhood here, became a serious candidate for the US presidency.

The mayor's automobile has a Kerry bumper sticker, which is hardly surprising in view of the fact that the mayor, Brice Lalonde, is Kerry's cousin.

Kerry and Lalonde, France's former environment minister are the sons of sisters from the wealthy American Forbes family. A large property here called "Les Essarts" has belonged to the family since the beginning of the last century.

Kerry's mother was one of 11 siblings who spent much of her youth at this estate and Kerry, who was sent for a time to boarding school in Switzerland, often came to pass summer vacations in Saint-Briac, where Lalonde also came with his branch of the family.

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French town turns eyes to American cousin - John Kerry

[Imalittleteapot]

1. Uh oh. The GOP should have fun with this one.

Aligning Kerry with the French, that is.

[Adelante]

2. Oh, so he not only looks French

He is French!

Me, too. :)

[JI7]

3. Kerry has a lot of international family connections

on his mothers side it goes extends to britain ireland and france. on his fathers side it goes to czech republic, austria and germany. i also love how the people in those places are excited about kerry, especially the small czech village his grandfather immigrated from.