The result was delete. Courcelles 10:53, 12 November 2010 (UTC) reply
Article appears to be largely original research, and it is more about genealogy than about the supposed topic. This collection of people is characterized in the article as a powerful American political family, but I've found no evidence of any reliable source ever describing this collection of people as a political family. (The main source for the article seems to be the Political Graveyard, which is not a particularly reliable source.) Yes, many of these people were related (it's not clear that all of them were) and some of them were prominent politicians, but that doesn't add up to a "powerful political family" -- a genealogical connection is not the same thing as a familial alliance. There is encyclopedic value in some of this content -- for example, Roger Sherman's notable sons-in-law need to be discussed in the article about Roger Sherman. and the discussion of the Hoar family at Samuel Hoar#Hoar family is worthwhile, but linking all of these people to one another -- not to mention linking them to both George W. Bush and John Kerry -- is genealogical trivia. Wikipedia is not a genealogy publisher. Orlady ( talk) 04:59, 5 November 2010 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. Courcelles 10:53, 12 November 2010 (UTC) reply
Article appears to be largely original research, and it is more about genealogy than about the supposed topic. This collection of people is characterized in the article as a powerful American political family, but I've found no evidence of any reliable source ever describing this collection of people as a political family. (The main source for the article seems to be the Political Graveyard, which is not a particularly reliable source.) Yes, many of these people were related (it's not clear that all of them were) and some of them were prominent politicians, but that doesn't add up to a "powerful political family" -- a genealogical connection is not the same thing as a familial alliance. There is encyclopedic value in some of this content -- for example, Roger Sherman's notable sons-in-law need to be discussed in the article about Roger Sherman. and the discussion of the Hoar family at Samuel Hoar#Hoar family is worthwhile, but linking all of these people to one another -- not to mention linking them to both George W. Bush and John Kerry -- is genealogical trivia. Wikipedia is not a genealogy publisher. Orlady ( talk) 04:59, 5 November 2010 (UTC) reply