Started off digging on John Perry Barlow again. Side tracked into learning about distant cousins.
Dick Cheney and Barack Obama were reported to be distant cousins, generally described as either 8th cousins or 9th cousins once removed, depending on the genealogy source and how the lineage was counted. The connection traces back to colonial-era ancestors in Maryland.
https://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/are-obama-and-cheney-related/
Barack Obama and George W. Bush were also found to be distant cousins, commonly reported as 10th cousins once removed (some reports simplified this to 11th cousins). Their shared ancestry goes back to a 17th-century New England couple.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-related-to-pitt-clinton-to-jolie/
Because of that, it is also true that Dick Cheney and George W. Bush were reported to be distant cousins as well—specifically 9th cousins once removed, according to genealogy research publicized during the Bush administration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bushs-famous-family-tree/
Genealogy researchers found that Dick Cheney was a very distant cousin of Barack Obama, and Cheney was also a very distant cousin of George W. Bush. Obama and Bush were likewise found to be very distant cousins. These relationships are many generations back—so distant that they have little practical family significance, but they are genealogically real according to the published research.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bushs-famous-family-tree/