On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:44:09 UTC+12, D. Spencer Hines wrote: > Lord love a duck! > > Can this actually be true? > > Mother of mercy, is this the end of BoJo? > > DSH > > Exitus Acta Probat > > Donald John Trump is the alleged 15th cousin once removed of Alexander > Boris de Pfeffel Johnson > ..... His recent ministerial appointment suggests that Boris is not suffering from any supposed cousinship with Trump. The lineages match those on Familypedia (based partly on Geni.com). Doubtless some professional genealogist will say that one line or other is "bollixed", but that sort of statement needs just as much proof as a statement that the lineages are all true.