Al Sharpton's family tree
 

This is pretty wild, it almost sounds like it should have been a skit on Chappelle's show

[URL="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003590406_robinson27.html"]Al Sharpton's family tree: Opinion: The Seattle Times[/URL]

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

I've been waiting for this to be thread! I haven't read it yet, Matty.

So are he and Thurmon related or did he own Sharpton's family back in the day?

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

[quote=12thMan;281003]So are he and Thurmon related or did he own Sharpton's family back in the day?[/quote]

Both, possibly.

He owned his family but they need to do a genetics test to determine if they are indeed related.

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

this is almost too good to be true

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

THAT'S humor

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

For those of you who aren't up on the "twice removed" bit - Thurmond's Grandfather had a female first cousin that married the son of a man who owned Sharpton's great-grandfather.

There. All clear.

Re: Al Sharpton's family tree
 

The only way Sharpton is related to Thurmond is by the slave owner's son' marriage into Thurmond's extended family [I]and[/I] by some evidence that either the slave owner or the slave owner's son did the nasty with Sharpton's great-great-grandmother and was the father of Sharpton's grandfather. In which case:

IF the slave owner was the father: Thurmond and Sharpton are third cousins-in-law, once removed.

IF the slave owner's son was the father: Thurmond and Sharpton are second cousins-in-law, twice removed.