When it comes to a monarchy, because of intermarriage we find that monarchies between European nations typically have had common ancestors, and the monarch itself, is almost always directly related to the current monarch, as either a daughter or a son, though when that is not the case, the monarchy typically has passed on to the progeny of the monarch’s brother or sister. In short, monarchies are hereditary and are deliberately structured as such, so that these elites are able to maintain their power and position for many, many decades and even centuries.
One might think that in a nation as populous as the United States of America, that there wouldn’t be any relationship from one President to another, but that would be wrong, for despite the fact that America has only had forty-five different Presidents in its history, we find that there are two of which the father, followed by the son were Presidents, as in John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. Additionally, there was one grandfather-to-grandson combination, of William Henry Harrison to Benjamin Harrison. As for more distant relationships, Theodore Roosevelt was a fifth cousin to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and James Madison was a second cousin to Zachary Taylor.
All of the above would indicate that just as we have seen in sports, with a father followed by his son, those who have relatives in high places have a strong tendency to also achieve that type of status, as well. Perhaps this is a good thing, but mainly it’s a bad thing, because it seems to say that even in America, people aren’t necessarily graded on their merits and talents, but rather those that are in well-positioned places are going to be treated differently than those that don’t have those same types of advantages and hence this is why we have seen that Presidents can and have been related to one another of which this trend probably isn’t going to end anytime soon, and in fact, there is a decent chance that we may well have a husband and wife each end up becoming a President at some time, primarily because of their name recognition as well as the fact that the powers that be prefer to work within a domain in which the players are well known to them and are by definition the same that they would like to see continue in power.
Indeed, the bottom line is that to become President is something that is not even a remote possibility for virtually all Americans but rather this is only available for those that follow a certain well-trodden path that involves connections with the right people, often accomplished by congregating with them by going to the right schools and/or working at the same high places, which is why those that become President can be and have been related to one another because they typically are part of a milieu that is exclusive to them, and not available for others.
So then, the fact that Presidents have been related to one another should be seen as a signal that those that are at the highest echelons of power are pretty much there because they are part and parcel of that very power structure, which probably isn’t good for all those citizens that desire this to be a nation of, for, and by the people, above all.