WINNIPEG, MB

A new poll shows that just over 60% of the Manitoba population claims to be related to NHL star Jonathan Toews.

“When you’ve got someone as famous as Jonathan Toews, suddenly everyone and their dog is ,” said pollster Edna Rempel. “People used to say the same thing about Neil Young in the early 70s. There isn’t an elderly Winnipegger alive who didn’t claim to go to Kelvin High School with him.”

Rempel says the number of people claiming a connection to Toews went up after each of his three Stanley Cup victories.

“Well, sure, we’re all cousins if you go back far enough,” explains Rempel. “Some of these people have gone to great lengths to prove a connection.”

Rempel says that the number of people claiming relation to MP Vic Toews saw similar numbers, but dramatically declin

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