MPC, Inc. Reveals Additional Midterm Election Connections: Meg Whitman Related to Key Politicians

Oct. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- The Family Forest® Project has discovered that California gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is related to former Alaska Governor and possible 2012 Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. They are 8th cousins once removed through common ancestors Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth (Bulkeley) Emerson, who are also ancestors of Hollywood super star Matt Damon.

Details are available at the Your Future, Your Past Wordpress blog about some of the famous cousins these two politicians both share, along with a comparison of exactly how closely each of them are related to both Meg Whitman and Sarah Palin.

The collection of politicians, celebrities, and historical figures there includes President Barack Obama, AC/360 host Anderson Cooper, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, AOL founder Steve Case, Berkshire-Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, Disney kingdom founder Walt Disney, TCM co-host Alec Baldwin, “Seabiscuit” racing announcer William H. Macy,  Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges, rising star Amy Adams, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns , Hollywood icons Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, “Hereafter” star and director Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood, Oscar-winner Brad Pitt, “Matrix” star Keanu Reeves, “I Love Lucy” star Lucille Ball, Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, President John Adams portrayer Paul Giamatti, “True Grit” villain Josh Brolin, “Who Do You Thinks You Are?” subjects Brooke Shields and Sarah Jessica Parker, “24” star Keifer Sutherland, Oscar-winner Meryl Streep, “Big C” star Laura Linney, “Hannah Montana” star Hilary Duff, “How Do You Know” co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Jack Nicholson, Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, CBS news anchors Walter Cronkite and Katie Couric, British Royalty Prince William and Prince Harry, American icon Mark Twain, and culinary superstar Julia Child.

According to MPC CEO and Family Forest® Project co-founder Bruce Harrison “There is a hugh world of difference between just knowing theoretically that we are related to many others, and being able to visually explore the generation-by-generation pathways that connect us through family ties to so many of the key people, places, and events in human history.”

The edutaining Family Forest® Project is Networking Family History to Hollywood (tm) and connecting audiences through actual family ties better than any other digital resource, either online or offline. Visit http://familyforest.com to discover where to find your own family ties and famous connections today.

For more information contact:
Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc.
Home of the Family Forest® Project
Kristine M. Harrison
kristine@familyforest.com
www.familyforest.com
http://familyforest.wordpress.com
808-883-8060

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