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(48,846 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:26 AM Mar 2015

Is the President of the U of Oklahoma - David Boren - the father in law of Paul Ryan?

I kinda remember his wife coming from a prominent Democratic family, but perhaps I am mixing apples and oranges..

Just curious

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Is the President of the U of Oklahoma - David Boren - the father in law of Paul Ryan? (Original Post) question everything Mar 2015 OP

Boren and Ryan's wife are cousins per Wikipedia: Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #1

Thanks for the reply. Looks like Dan Boren is Janna's father, question everything Mar 2015 #2

Dan Boren is her cousin, not her father -- and they are cousins on Dan's mother's side fishwax Mar 2015 #3

Thank you. Yes, I should have edited my comment question everything Mar 2015 #4

Cooley Hurd

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1. Boren and Ryan's wife are cousins per Wikipedia:

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:36 AM

Mar 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan#Personal_life

Personal life

Ryan married Janna Little, a tax attorney,[23] in 2000.[243] Little, a native of Oklahoma, is a graduate of Wellesley College, and George Washington University Law School.[23] Her cousin is former Democratic Representative Dan Boren, also of Oklahoma.[244] The Ryans live in the Courthouse Hill Historic District of Janesville, Wisconsin.[20] They have three children: Liza, Charles, and Sam.[245] A Roman Catholic, Ryan is a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Janesville, and was an altar boy.[246][247]

On edit - different Borens...

On edit 2 - Dan Boren is David's son, so David is Janna Ryan's uncle.

question everything

(48,846 posts)

2. Thanks for the reply. Looks like Dan Boren is Janna's father,

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:47 AM

Mar 2015

thus David is her grandfather and Paul Ryan's grandfather in law (if there is such a term..)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Boren

Unless there are several jannas in the family?

fishwax

(29,325 posts)

3. Dan Boren is her cousin, not her father -- and they are cousins on Dan's mother's side

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:08 PM

Mar 2015

So David Boren is her uncle by marriage.

David Boren's first wife was named Janna Little. Dan Boren was her son. She also had a brother named Dan (Little), who was Janna Little Ryan's father.

question everything

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4. Thank you. Yes, I should have edited my comment

Reply to fishwax (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:50 AM

Mar 2015

Dan Boren is too young to have fathered her.

Still interesting that a daughter of a well known Democratic family marries one of the most conservatives member of Congress.

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