Are all US Presidents actually related?

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In 2012 a student in Salinas, California, startled genealogists when she claimed that all Presidents save one were actually related. Could it be true? Join Ben and Noel as they dive into this strange claim, separating fact from fiction while tackling what it means, exactly, to be related to someone. (It's all relative.)

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0:14.0	We have Esther Pavitski and Kaliila and then of course we have the legendary actor Michael Rappaport.
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0:30.0	Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie Books.
0:34.0	She's one of the most important American children's authors of the 20th century.
0:40.0	Inspiration for a hit television show.
0:42.0	Women will come up to me crying saying,
0:44.0	Little House on the Prairie was my escape.
0:46.0	As a kid I idolized Laura and last summer I went on the road in search of the real Laura.
0:52.0	What I found is a complicated person alongside the complicated country she represents.
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1:00.0	Listen to Wilder on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:08.0	What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II?
1:13.0	An opera singer who burned down an honorary to kidnap her lover and a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, have in common.
1:22.0	They're all real women who were left out of your history books.
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1:51.0	Break news friends and neighbors as we begin today's episode recording on April 30th, 2018.
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2:18.0	A little over 7.5 billion.
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