Some detailed info about Bush's Irish ancestors ... its genetic

[roguevalley]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/irish_bushes/index.html

The genetic line can also be traced to Dermot MacMurrough, the Gaelic king of Leinster reviled in history books as the man who sold Ireland for personal gain.

Even before MacMurrough earned the title of Ireland's worst traitor by inviting Strongbow's invasion to save himself from a local feud, the Irish chieftain had a reputation for gore. One English chronicler told how MacMurrough, recognising the features of a personal enemy poking from a pile of severed heads after a battle, snatched up the rotting flesh and tore it with his teeth in a "hideous frenzy".

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The only comfort I can derive of this, considering how many Irish ancestors I have is that they were fighting on the other side against him.

[DemBones DemBones]

1. Descended from the man who sold Ireland for personal gain. . .

are we surprised?

[Sydnie]

2. Yet one more reason for me to hate the bastard. n/t

[gfr4656]

3. HE DOES NOT HAVE IRISH ANCESTRY!!!!

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. Gotta love this part.....

The US president's now apparent ancestor, Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke - known as Strongbow for his arrow skills - is remembered as a desperate, land-grabbing warlord whose calamitous foreign adventure led to the suffering of generations.

God damn, it really DOES run in the family! And here I thought the Bush Criminal Empire started with Grandpa Prescott and his Nazi bankrolling