Gives we, the people that much more credibility.
As a descendant of the Vanderbilt family, one of the wealthiest families in American history, Cooper is related to some of the biggest slave owners of all time. Cooper’s great-great grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, owned a South Carolina plantation where Michelle Obama’s ancestor, Jim Robinson, was born.
https://newspunch.com/anderson-cooper-slaves-michelle-obama/