Saying that Bush and Kerry are "related" is somewhat simplistic. According to the Family Forest genealogical site, Bush and Kerry are at best 9th cousins twice removed.
While Yale ’63 alumnus Ohio Governor Bob Taft (Robert Alfonso Taft II) does not appear on online rosters of Skull and Bones members, his great-great-grandfather Alfonso was a founder of Skull and Bones, as well as being Secretary of War, Attorney General, and an ambassador.
Other members of his family who were Skull and Bones members, with their relationship to Bob Taft:
William Howard Taft (great-grandfather) President of the United States and Chief Justice
Charles Phelps Taft (great grand-uncle)U.S. representative from Ohio and for a time, an owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team
Horace Dutton Taft (Brother of William Howard Taft) Founder of the exclusive Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut,
Peter Rawson Taft (great-great-great-grandfather)member of the Vermont legislature
Robert Alphonso Taft (grandfather)US senator
Other Taft Skull and Bones members:
Henry Waters Taft,
Thomas Prindle Taft, and
Hulbert Taft.
Saying that Bush and Kerry are "related" is somewhat simplistic. According to the Family Forest genealogical site, Bush and Kerry are at best 9th cousins twice removed.
http://www.familyforest.com/Kerry_Bush_Closer_Cousins.html
As this chart shows, you have to go back to around 1600 to find a common ancestor.
http://msn.ancestry.com/landing/strange/bush4/tree.htm
However, this may have more relevance:
While Yale ’63 alumnus Ohio Governor Bob Taft (Robert Alfonso Taft II) does not appear on online rosters of Skull and Bones members, his great-great-grandfather Alfonso was a founder of Skull and Bones, as well as being Secretary of War, Attorney General, and an ambassador.
Other members of his family who were Skull and Bones members, with their relationship to Bob Taft:
William Howard Taft (great-grandfather) President of the United States and Chief Justice
Charles Phelps Taft (great grand-uncle)U.S. representative from Ohio and for a time, an owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team
Horace Dutton Taft (Brother of William Howard Taft) Founder of the exclusive Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut,
Peter Rawson Taft (great-great-great-grandfather)member of the Vermont legislature
Robert Alphonso Taft (grandfather)US senator
Other Taft Skull and Bones members:
Henry Waters Taft,
Thomas Prindle Taft, and
Hulbert Taft.
Yours for truth and accuracy,
Ferry Fey