George Clooney is distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln

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George Clooney is distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/george-clooney-distant-cousin-abraham-lincoln-060435714--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UHVzWkSDha7mFss8lc6m0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T060435Z_1_CBRE8A00GVR00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-GEORGECLOONEY-ABRAHAMLINCOLN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="George Clooney drinks wine at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner in Washington" align="left" title="George Clooney drinks wine at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner in Washington" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aunt Rosemary was not George Clooney's only famous relative. You can add a certain Civil War American president to the Oscar-winning actor's family tree. Politics has apparently run in the activist actor's blood for centuries, as website Ancestry.com on Thursday revealed that the &quot;Ocean's 11&quot; star is distantly related to President Abraham Lincoln. According to Ancestry.com, Clooney is the half-first cousin five times removed from Lincoln, the 16th president. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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