From a reader:

Dear Jonah,
Another and more important connection between TR and Churchill is that they are cousins. William Manchester’s “American Caesar” makes this point and has a geneological sketch connecting TR, FDR, Churchill, and Douglas MacArthur to a common ancestor: Sarah Barney Belcher of Taunton, Massachusetts.
And NO, Taunton is not a throwaway Star Wars reference!
As a blood relative of the Spencer-Churchill family, I am always glad to reflect on the fact that I’m related to the four greatest men of the 20th Century.
yours very truly,

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