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Ancestry.com proves Obama and Buffett CousinsPosted by Administrator on December 15th, 2009

When Warren Buffett was promoting Obama for the presidency, neither of them could have imagined that they were actually related.

That’s right. Reuters released a report today saying that Ancestry.com has found that President Obama and super-investor Warren Buffett are cousins… er, seventh cousins three times removed. Apparently, waaaaay back, their family trees meet at a 17th-century Frenchman named Mareen Duvall. The discovery was made by accident on Ancestry.com by researchers doing work on Obama’s roots. It is just another cool example of how Ancestry.com’s tools can help us learn unexpected things about our family histories.

Ironically, these same researchers found that Obama is also related to Dick Cheney. But something tells me they won’t be having a family reunion anytime soon.

Ancestry.com Releases Family Tree Maker 2010Posted by Administrator on August 20th, 2009

That’s right, Ancestry.com released its much-anticipated new version of Family Tree Maker yesterday. With enhanced media and integration with Ancestry.com’s online tools, it looks to be a huge improvement on the 20-year-old series.

Here are some of the highlights:

• Family Tree Maker 2010 pulls all photos and attached info from the website in one fell swoop.
• Users can easily organize photos into slideshows, keepsake books, and other media presentations.
• Users can "view timelines and interactive maps highlighting events and places in your ancestors’ lives." How cool is that!
• Family Tree Maker 2010 allows users to map their family history using Microsoft’s new Bing search engine.

At an affordable $39.95, Ancestry.com’s Family Tree Maker 2010 is sure to have family history buffs foaming at the mouth (figuratively speaking, of course). I can’t wait to get my hands on this hot software package and give it a spin. If you’ve already used it, tell us how it went. Come on, don’t be stingy…