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'McCain the Bruce' Claims are Baloney

Genealogists ridicule senator's alleged links to Scottish king

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 21, 2008 6:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – John McCain might be a sure thing to be crowned the GOP nominee, but experts say claims that his family is related to a Scottish king are pure fiction. McCain wrote in a 1999 memoir that his great-aunt was descended from Robert the Bruce, who...   Read full story »

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