Strom Thurmond Al Sharpton's great-granddaddy?

[KalicoKitty]

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton said he wants a DNA test to determine whether he is related to former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond through his great-grandfather, a slave owned by an ancestor of the late senator.

"I can't find out anything more shocking than I've already learned," Sharpton told the Daily News, which on Sunday reported the link based on genealogists' findings.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/26/sharpton.thurmond.ap/index.html

[SteppingRazor]

1. Strom's certainly old enough to have been.

:rofl:

[LeftishBrit]

2. If I thought there was the slightest chance that I could be related to Strom Thurmond.,..

I don't think I'd want to find out!

[hlthe2b]

3. Ole Al's gonna sue the pants off the descendents if he is...

Doncha know..? (as well he should, IMO)

Boy, a story like this would bump ANS off the news for weeks....