John Kerry

I quote from Wikipedia: It was discovered in 2003 by genealogist Felix Gundacker,[3] working with The Boston Globe, that Kerry’s paternal grandparents, who had been born “Fritz Kohn” and “Ida Löwe” in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, changed their names to “Frederick and Ida Kerry” in 1900 and converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism in 1901[4][5] or 1902.[6] Fritz’ elder brother Otto had earlier, in 1887[5] or 1896,[3] also embraced Catholicism. The “Kerry” name, widely misinterpreted as indicative of Irish heritage, was reputedly selected arbitrarily: “According to family legend, Fritz and another family member opened an atlas at random and dropped a pencil on a map. It fell on County Kerry in Ireland, and thus a name was chosen.”[4][6] Leaving their hometown Mödling, a suburb of Vienna where they had lived since 1896, Fred and Ida, together with their son Eric, emigrated to the United States in 1905, living at first in Chicago and eventually moving to Brookline, Massachusetts, by 1915

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The jewish part was from Hungary. The bloodline he shares with George W Bush is English.

Ever hear of the Boston Brahmins? They were of English descent, as were most other old 17th century stock families in New England and Virginia.

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