Yeahhh, weird right?? Hehe! But that’s what’s abuzz these days! According to a new study, Brad Pitt can trace his family tree back to Barack Obama and Angelina Jolie can follow hers to Hilary Clinton. Obama is apparently a distant cousin of Brad, while Obama’s Democrat political opponent, Hilary, is related to Angie. And this is not just a publicity gimick but is according to researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

The study also found out familial links between Hilary Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent, Madonna, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette. Genealogist Christopher Child has spent the last three years tracing the candidates’ genealogy and discovered Brad Pitt and Barack Obama are ninth cousins, as are Hilary Clinton and Angelina Jolie, twice removed. He says,

“This shows that lots of different people can be related, people you wouldn’t necessarily expect.”