Too weird not to pass along, apologies if others have caught this.
Utah Rep Jason Chaffetz, spineless chair of the House Government Oversight Committee, resigning with rumors he is head to Fox News stardom and possible grooming as future national candidate, is the younger half brother of John Dukakis, son of Kitty Dukakis, wife of Michael Dukakis.
Chaffetz's father John (was was Jewish, like Kitty) was married to her for four years prior to their divorce and marrying Jason's (non-Jewish) mother. Kitty then married Michael, had custody of son John Chaffetz, who later changed his name to Dukakis. John Dukakis was prominent in the 1988 campaign.
Jason was Utah chairman of the Dukakis campaign while a student at Brigham Young.
Through John supposedly Jason keeps ties with the Dukakis family.
Color me surprised. It would appear that Mike Dukakis was a major influenced and part time mentor. (How strange is it that a son of the second wife of a divorced man would have close ties to the former wife with whom he would not expect to have much if any contact with?)