THE next President of the United States of America could be from Abergavenny and Llangynidr stock, if experts have got Hillary Clinton’s family tree right.

Although Bill Clinton visited the Hay Festival in 2001, it’s doubtful if Hillary Clinton will descend like a culture vulture upon the National Eisteddfod this week, but you never know, because the US presidential candidate has talked many times about her Welsh ancestry, and only last Friday it was revealed on BBC Wales that Hillary had grandparents from the local area.

Thanks to the arrival of the National Eisteddfod, Abergavenny has become the capital of Wales for a week, but having the first American President with a local connection could really put the “Gateway To Wales” on the map.

If Hillary trumps Trump and becomes the first female to rule the roost in the White House she could strength the already historical bond between Wales and Washington.

Five of the first six Presidents of the USA were of Welsh descent, and the ten Presidents to date with Welsh connections include, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Morrison Jnr, James Monroe, William Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Harrison, James A Garfield and Calvin Coolidge.

Hillary wrote in her autobiography that her father got his looks from a “long line of black-haired coalminers, and that “Wales has a special place in her heart,” but according to BBC Wales there’s a lot more of a local connection to the woman who could soon become the most powerful lady on the planet.

Hillary’s paternal great grandparents were Llangynidr man John Jones and Abergavenny woman Mary Griffiths.

Alongside thousands of other coalminers and their families, John and Mary moved to Pennsylvania, where Hillary’s grandmother Hannah Jones was born in 1883.

Considering that her mother’s family were from Pembrokeshire, Hillary has more than a little Welsh blood in her veins and who knows, next St David’s Day she may be pictured on the lawn of the White House celebrating in a shawl, apron and Welsh hat.