Claim: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and actor Brad Pitt are ninth cousins. Rating: About this rating TrueSocial media users rediscovered and circulated a claim in 2023 that former U.S. President Barack Obama and A-list actor Brad Pitt are ninth cousins. An Instagram user posted the tidbit in April 2023, stating: "In 2012, genealogists found out that former President Barack Obama and actor Brad Pitt are ninth cousins, related through Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769." (fact6t9/Instagram)The claim gained traction on X on Dec. 25, 2023, when the statement, "Brad Pitt is related to Barack Obama. Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born and raised in a small village in Kenya.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2024 02:50 UTC