One branch of candidate's family tree you won't see
McCain's grandfather was well-known in Muskogee.

 
By Tony Thornton
Published: August 31, 2008

MUSKOGEE — The John McCain biographies are replete with information about his paternal grandfather, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy .

His maternal grandfather, Archibald Wright ? Not so much.

Nancy Calhoun thinks she knows why.

"This is one skeleton that the McCains probably wish would stay in the closet,” said Calhoun, who is director of genealogy and local history at the Muskogee P...


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