Are sen Joseph McCarthy and sen eugene J Mccarthy related?

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Both Senators have passed on, unfortunately.   Just very curious.  I DID discover Eugene and our current Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy are cousins.
WikiTree profile: Eugene McCarthy
in Genealogy Help by Douglas Gempel G2G2 (2.6k points)
Douglas said: "I DID discover Eugene and our current Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy are cousins."

Interesting - You aren't confusing the politician Kevin McCarthy with the actor Kevin McCarthy?  In this bio for the actor Kevin McCarthy, it says he is/was a distant cousin of the former Senator Gene McCarthy: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002994/bio
Thank you!  I fell into this and being a history buff I find the possibilities interesting.   They had different political affiliations...thats also intriguing...but again thank you for looking into this...God Bless y'all!

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Right now, Eugene McCarthy is not connected to the global tree so it is hard to tell how he is connected to Joe McCarthy. I worked on Gene's profile a few years ago, adding text and sources, but stopped short of trying to delve much into his ancestry.  Perhaps I will revisit that.
by Colleen Vachuska G2G6 Mach 5 (55.9k points)

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