Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society have discovered a familial link between Hollywood and Washington — Brad Pitt is related to presidential hopeful Barack Obama, while Angelina Jolie shares a lineage with former First Lady Hillary Clinton. Well, this news ought to sway a couple of votes! Us Weekly says

Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, linked by Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769. Clinton and Jolie, meanwhile, are ninth cousins, twice removed because they are both related to Jean Cusson who died in St. Sulpice, Quebec, in 1718.

Interestingly, the only presidential hopeful without famous celebrity cousins was Mike Huckabee, namely because all the backwoods inbreeding really thinned out his gene pool.

Just look at that smile! Hilary Clinton can barely contain her glee at winning New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary yesterday. Or else her sodium levels are too high and her mucous membranes are starting to curl up on themselves like a slug on a salt lick. All in all, though, I have to admit — not too shabby for a sixty year-old sea donkey. With those Risky Businesses there she could almost pass for Kirsten Dunst’s twin sister or something.

Kirsten in Hollywood Tuesday: