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    Interesting Coincidence in History

    Only two women have been both a wife to a President and a mother of a President.

    Abigail Adams was the first.

    The second was Barbara Bush.

    A.A. first

    B.B. second

    Father time has to have a chuckle now and then don't he?

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    Good catch Jim.
    Strange coincidence.
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    I was thinking about this yesterday, that it was Abigail Adams who was the first, but I didn't catch the A.A., B.B.! Cool Jim!

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    I wonder who C.C. will be...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Rozmiarek View Post
    I wonder who C.C. will be...
    Patience, we will likely find out in the next 200 years.

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    The initials thing- we have a weird one in my family...

    I am a W which of course makes me a W-
    Both my Grandparents are W's
    My dad's mother was a W before she married a W and became NWW
    My mom married my dad and became MWW
    Her sister married my dads brother and she became JWW
    My oldest sister married a W, became KWW
    My youngest sister married a W, became CWW
    and my only daughter married a W, became JWW...

    My mom's mom was an A, the only broken link
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    My understanding is that AA didn't live to see her son become President.
    Ken

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    Thanks Jm.

    I was aware of that but I hadn't made the A.A. and B.B connection.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Rozmiarek View Post
    I wonder who C.C. will be...
    Hmmmm... Chelsea Clinton?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer View Post
    Hmmmm... Chelsea Clinton?
    That wouldn't work unless she married someone whose last name starts with 'C'. As Adams and Bush were their married names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshall Harrison View Post
    That wouldn't work unless she married someone whose last name starts with 'C'. As Adams and Bush were their married names.
    God point. I was thinking it wouldn't surprise me if she ended up married to a president.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer View Post
    God point. I was thinking it wouldn't surprise me if she ended up married to a president.
    Does she use her married name or has she kept her family name?

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    And maybe she will be president and her daughter will be one too.I think she has kids?
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