Are Gore Vidal and Vice President Albert Gore Jr. related?
Depends upon whom you ask. Vidal says his grandfather, Sen. Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and Al Gore’s father, Sen. Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee, were sixth cousins. That would make Gore Vidal and Al Gore Jr. seventh cousins, once removed. But a professional genealogist who has charted Vice President Gore’s family tree in great detail finds no traceable link between the two Gore families. You can see this genealogy here and decide for yourself who’s right (scroll down to the very bottom to page to see what he has to say about Gore Vidal).
Depends upon whom you ask. Vidal says his grandfather, Sen. Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and Al Gore’s father, Sen. Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee, were sixth cousins. That would make Gore Vidal and Al Gore Jr. seventh cousins, once removed. But a professional genealogist who has charted Vice President Gore’s family tree in great detail finds no traceable link between the two Gore families. You can see this genealogy here and decide for yourself who’s right (scroll down to the very bottom to page to see what he has to say about Gore Vidal). As it turn sout, it seems more likely that he’s fifth cousins with President Jimmy Carter – better than an almost-president anyway.
