Barack Obama Talks Being Related To Brad Pitt

By Access HollywoodMarch 28, 2008, 12:21 pm PDT

NEW YORK, New York -- Barack Obama paid a visit to the ladies of "The View" on Thursday (which aired Friday morning), and Joy Behar asked the burning question a nation of voters wants answered - is the presidential hopeful really related to a Hollywood heartthrob?

"Are you related to Brad Pitt?" Behar asked Obama on the morning chat fest.

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"I guess we're ninth cousins, something removed - or something," Obama smiled.

Behar's question came on the heels of a news story, which revealed Obama was a distant cousin of Pitt, while his political opponent, Hillary Clinton, is related to Angelina Jolie.

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According to findings by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, linked by Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769.

Meanwhile, Clinton and Jolie are also ninth cousins, twice removed, both related to Jean Cusson who died in St. Sulpice, Quebec, in 1718.

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"I think he got the better-looking side of the gene pool," Obama joked about his relation to Pitt.

And while Obama was happy to play along with the topic, Barbara Walters revealed the Senator might be selling himself short on the aesthetic comparison.

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"We were saying just before you came out - maybe we shouldn't say this. But we thought you were very sexy looking," she told Obama.

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  • The truth
    I don't really care if they are related or not...but seeing the comments on here...Obama hates America? It was his pastor who said those things not him, yeah his name is Barack Hussien Obama thats because his dad, NOT HIM, was muslim and his dad didn't raise him. So what if he goes out to have fun? hes a person too, just because hes a presidental candidate doesn't mean he
    report abuseposted June 16, 2008, 5:42 pm PDT
  • The truth
    I don't really care if they are related or not...but seeing the comments on here...Obama hates America? It was his pastor who said those things not him, yeah his name is Barack Hussien Obama thats because his dad, NOT HIM, was muslim and his dad didn't raise him. So what if he goes out to have fun? hes a person too, just because hes a presidental candidate doesn't mean he
    report abuseposted June 16, 2008, 5:42 pm PDT
  • Werri
    continued - But through it all . . . .God knows I wouldn't want to be anything other than a Black Woman.
    report abuseposted April 23, 2008, 12:33 pm PDT
  • Werri
    I celebrate people's differences. However it seems as if many white people want us to deny our blackness and disassociate ourselves with the reality that WE face everyday (hence Jerimah Right). We know 2 Americas - the one that we love and hold dear and the one that still in 2008 discriminates against us. But through it all. . . GOD KNOWS I wouldn't want to be anything other that
    report abuseposted April 23, 2008, 12:22 pm PDT
  • Werri
    Rachael's 19, Why so much hate? Learn to love yourself and you can love others. No offense, but I have learned that people who are hateful for no reason are very dissatisfied with themselves and they get pleasure from saying and doing things to make others feel bad. Unless you've walked in someone else's shoes you really don't know them.
    report abuseposted April 23, 2008, 12:10 pm PDT
  • sonja P
    grow up !!
    report abuseposted April 23, 2008, 12:04 pm PDT
  • Pattecakes
    Do you really want someone for President of the United States of America that doesn't believe that English should be the official language of this country? If you don't, then you cannot vote for either Obama or Clinton because neither one of them thinks we should be speaking English in the USA!!!!
    report abuseposted April 23, 2008, 11:44 am PDT
  • Doc Bray
    Hooray for Barack Obama 2008!!!!! The NEXT President!!!!!! He is the coolest, just like Brad Pitt!!!!
    report abuseposted April 16, 2008, 12:14 am PDT
  • Rachael's 19
    His name is HUSSEIN OBAMA. Remember that.
    report abuseposted April 9, 2008, 3:03 pm PDT
  • Rachael's 19
    ATTENTION; Obama is not related to the Clinton's. His facial features do favor one of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch CHIMPS.
    report abuseposted April 9, 2008, 1:17 pm PDT
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