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Post by zztop11 on Feb 25, 2022 18:49:07 GMT
Ketanji Brown's husband is related to Paul Ryan. Her husband has a twin brother. This twin brother is married to the sister of Ryan's wife. It's not a close relative by marriage but... Interested family politics.
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Post by pinklady on Feb 25, 2022 18:55:16 GMT
An this tidbit needed it's own thread because...?
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 19:12:23 GMT
Seems rather mundane.
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Post by zztop11 on Feb 25, 2022 19:12:48 GMT
An this tidbit needed it's own thread because...? No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? |
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Post by pinklady on Feb 25, 2022 19:26:48 GMT
An this tidbit needed it's own thread because...? No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? I just wondered why this wasn't put in the ongoing SC nominee thread. Was there something about this tidbit of info that needed to be called out special. |
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Post by J u l e e on Feb 25, 2022 19:30:23 GMT
I like these kinds of āitās a small worldā trivial facts. Itās not related to her nomination so a different thread seems cool.
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 19:34:48 GMT
An this tidbit needed it's own thread because...? No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. |
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 25, 2022 19:36:16 GMT
Obviously, her professional qualifications are important, but I think the personal details like this make any nominee or candidate more interesting and possibly, more relatable. Washington post explains the connection www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/02/25/paul-ryan-ketanji-brown-jackson/If I have this right, her husband's twin brother is married to the younger sister of Paul Ryan's wife NPR mentioned it in their article. www.npr.org/2022/02/14/1078086453/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-bidenJudge Brown said in that Georgia speech that being a federal judge was always her "dream job." But after Obama nominated her in 2012, actually getting that job depended entirely on events beyond her control, namely Obama's reelection.
"And when you add to that," she said, "the fact that I am related by marriage to ... Paul Ryan [then the House speaker], who was at that point running for vice president against President Obama, you can get the sense of what that period was like for me."
As difficult as that confirmation may have seemed at the time, it may in hindsight be something of a picnic compared to what she is likely to face her as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.I thought this other personal info was interesting, too Jackson met her husband, Patrick Jackson, when the two were at Harvard College. He was, she says, her first "serious boyfriend" and has remained that ever since. They have two daughters.
At first blush, they look like an improbable couple.
As she put it in a charming ā and candid ā speech at the University of Georgia law school in March 2017, "Patrick is a quintessential 'Boston Brahmin' ā his family can be traced back to England before the Mayflower. ... He and his twin brother are, in fact, the sixth generation in their family to graduate from Harvard College. By contrast, I am only the second generation in my family to go to any college, and I am fairly certain that if you traced my family lineage back past my grandparents ā who were raised in Georgia, by the way ā you would find that my ancestors were slaves on both sides." |
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Post by Sarah*H on Feb 25, 2022 19:42:02 GMT
I thought it was interesting because Paul Ryan tweeted support for her this morning and I didn't understand why!
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Post by J u l e e on Feb 25, 2022 19:52:49 GMT
No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. Good grief! I figured most people would just read something like this and say, āhey, thatās interestingā or at least not feel the need to school the person who shared it on how itās not really interesting and how things like this normally happen. |
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Post by mrsp on Feb 25, 2022 19:53:57 GMT
I thought it was interesting but I live in Wisconsin. I donāt follow Paul Ryan (or anyone political) on social media so I didnāt know that!
ETA: I am close to my sister in laws husbandās siblings ā¦ but I couldnāt name my BILās wifeās siblings for a million dollars.
p.s. I apologize to every English teacher I ever had for all the mistakes Iām sure I made with possessives and plurals and apostrophes! š±
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Post by 16joy on Feb 25, 2022 19:57:59 GMT
Itās interesting in a small world kind of way. I did a little reading about her earlier and Paul Ryan also introduced her several years ago during her judge hearing.
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 25, 2022 19:58:54 GMT
No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. I don't think it was meant as a criticism of her, at least I didn't read it that way. Just an interesting personal detail about their diverse political backgrounds. Can you imagine if they celebrated a holiday together, what a political conversation might look like? |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Feb 25, 2022 20:03:36 GMT
So they're cousins! Sorry family joke, that's how we describe anyone when they're a few times removed.
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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 25, 2022 20:05:27 GMT
No reason. I thought it was interesting. Why? What am I missing? We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. I also think that itās interesting that she is related by marriage to the very conservative Paul Ryan. Itās just an interesting little political tidbit. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Feb 25, 2022 20:06:52 GMT
For those not on twitter:
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Post by epeanymous on Feb 25, 2022 20:11:22 GMT
I donāt know her, but my college boyfriend is friends with her husband from medical school. He says he is incredibly nice!
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Post by zztop11 on Feb 25, 2022 20:12:28 GMT
"I also think that itās interesting that she is related by marriage to the very conservative Paul Ryan. Itās just an interesting little political tidbit."
Thank you. That was it. Nothing less and nothing more.
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Post by busy on Feb 25, 2022 20:12:49 GMT
Ketanji Brown's husband is related to Paul Ryan. Her husband has a twin brother. This twin brother is married to the sister of Ryan's wife. It's not a close relative by marriage but... Interested family politics. I do not know what is wrong with my brain today but when I read this, I was thinking Ryan Reynolds instead of Paul Ryan and was all kinds of confused š¤£ |
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Post by tc on Feb 25, 2022 20:21:20 GMT
Ketanji Brown's husband is related to Paul Ryan. Her husband has a twin brother. This twin brother is married to the sister of Ryan's wife. It's not a close relative by marriage but... Interested family politics. I do not know what is wrong with my brain today but when I read this, I was thinking Ryan Reynolds instead of Paul Ryan and was all kinds of confused š¤£ And I was thinking Paul Rudd for far too long to be excusable. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Feb 25, 2022 20:44:18 GMT
I like fun facts! Thank you for sharing  |
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Post by pinklady on Feb 25, 2022 20:44:47 GMT
We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. Good grief! I figured most people would just read something like this and say, āhey, thatās interestingā or at least not feel the need to school the person who shared it on how itās not really interesting and how things like this normally happen. I was not trying to school anyone. I was wondering if there was more to it that warranted a special thread rather than posting on the already existing thread. That's it. |
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Post by peabay on Feb 25, 2022 20:48:46 GMT
Heās been openly supportive of her in the past.
I donāt know - Iām so sick of the constant harping back and forth across the aisle. This was a nice bi-partisan thing to read - people from either side saying nice things about each other. Refreshing change.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 25, 2022 20:54:08 GMT
Itās a small world.
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Post by J u l e e on Feb 25, 2022 20:54:09 GMT
Good grief! I figured most people would just read something like this and say, āhey, thatās interestingā or at least not feel the need to school the person who shared it on how itās not really interesting and how things like this normally happen. I was not trying to school anyone. I was wondering if there was more to it that warranted a special thread rather than posting on the already existing thread. That's it. I didn't think you were. I quoted voltagain. It just seemed a bit excessive toward someone posting a fun fact they learned. |
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 21:35:22 GMT
We are asking YOU, the person to originally post, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS INTERESTING? I was born into a family without being able to choose who I was related to (I don't recall getting to choose anyway since that would have to be before I was concieved) Single people in my family meet the single people in inlaw's families that clicked and got married. This is a normal societal happening in the US and around the world. You may want to look up 6 degrees of separation theory. Good grief! I figured most people would just read something like this and say, āhey, thatās interestingā or at least not feel the need to school the person who shared it on how itās not really interesting and how things like this normally happen. You know, you have gotten reallly obnoxiously know it all lately. I just wanted to know why the OP felt it was important. Like it or not it is not interesting as a stand alone sentence. |
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 21:37:58 GMT
For those not on twitter: THank you. I don't tweet or readtweet so this would have been helpful in the original post. Good Lord! I simply wanted to know why the OP felt the need to post what she did. This would have helped tremendously. |
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Post by busy on Feb 25, 2022 21:39:49 GMT
What the hell is going on here? š
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Post by voltagain on Feb 25, 2022 21:44:34 GMT
What the hell is going on here? š I asked a question. Simple as that. I didn't understand why the OP felt it was an interesting fact. I just wanted to know why she felt it was interesting. I have a better understanding why others thought is was interesting. OP still hasn't answered that. Julee got slap happy. I slapped back. |
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Post by MichyM on Feb 25, 2022 22:00:12 GMT
Good grief! I figured most people would just read something like this and say, āhey, thatās interestingā or at least not feel the need to school the person who shared it on how itās not really interesting and how things like this normally happen. You know, you have gotten reallly obnoxiously know it all lately. I just wanted to know why the OP felt it was important. Like it or not it is not interesting as a stand alone sentence. While you may feel this way towards J u l e e, you state that she has gotten āreally obnoxiously know it allā as if itās a fact. It, in fact, is not. It is your opinion. And in my opinion, she responded appropriately. |
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