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Thursday, March 17, 2011

President O'Bama? Irish-American Relatives ID'd

WASHINGTON - A family history website says President Barack Obama has 28 living relatives who descended from an Irishman who fled the potato famine -- including a displeased Arizona Republican.

The Democratic president's newly identified relatives are revealed in a study released to The Associated Press by Ancestry.com , whose genealogists traced descendants of the Irish passengers on the ship that brought Falmouth Kearney to the United States in 1850.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    The countries first black Irish president???

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  2. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Do you think we can talk the Irish into taking him back? I would be willing to help pay for the plane ticket.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Here's a hoot-- I heard that his lineage qualifies him for membership in the Sons Of The American Revolution-- he had an ancestor that fought in the revolution.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Still doesn't make him an American citizen, does it??? Northern Ireland or Southern Ireland?? I'll chip in on that plane ticket.

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