Ancestry has uncovered why Sam Rockwell‘s portrayal of George W. Bush in the upcoming Dick Cheney biopic Vice is so uncanny — because they’re related!
According to a new report from the genealogy website, the 50-year-old actor and 72-year-old politician’s bloodlines connect back in the 17th century with a man named Jacob Decker, who lived from 1671 to 1761. They’re technically eighth cousins once removed.
According to Ancestry, Decker and his wife Anna Kortregt were Dutch settlers who lived in Ulster, New York. They were married in 1695 and had 11 children. That makes Decker the seventh great-grandfather of Rockwell and the eighth great-grandfather of Bush.
According to a new report from the genealogy website, the 50-year-old actor and 72-year-old politician’s bloodlines connect back in the 17th century with a man named Jacob Decker, who lived from 1671 to 1761. They’re technically eighth cousins once removed.
According to Ancestry, Decker and his wife Anna Kortregt were Dutch settlers who lived in Ulster, New York. They were married in 1695 and had 11 children. That makes Decker the seventh great-grandfather of Rockwell and the eighth great-grandfather of Bush.
- 12/20/2018
- by Maura Hohman
- PEOPLE.com
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