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Listen: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15377346&ft=1&f=1015

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, was promoting her memoir Tuesday about growing up in Wyoming when she told MSNBC anchor Nora O'Donnell about one surprising part of her research:

"One of the things I discovered is that Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins," Lynne Cheney announced.

She explained that going back eight generations, the vice president and the Illinois senator have a common ancestor. The two are related through a French immigrant on Dick Cheney's father's side, and Obama's mother's side of their respective families.

While that information might have been an eye opener for a lot of white Americans, it didn't raise many eyebrows when we floated the news past a few African Americans outside Los Angeles.

"I just think that the whole thing is stupid," Norma Batiste said. "If they were related, so what?"

A lot of black Americans have similar reactions. Many are ambivalent about having white ancestors, and they don't spend much time hunting for them...

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