Barack Obama's Irish roots
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The president's newly identified relatives are revealed in a study released to The Associated Press by Ancestry.com, whose genealogists also traced descendants of 23 other Irish passengers on the ship that brought Falmouth Kearney to the United States when he was 19.
The survey allowed genealogists to further trace branches in Obama's family tree and others who arrived on the ship, known as the Marmion, on March 20, 1850.
According to the survey, the passengers' descendants live in Canada, Syria and throughout the United States. Among Obama's newly identified relatives is 83-year-old Dorma Lee Reese, of Tucson, Ariz.
"I'm not a Democrat, so I can't say I clapped," said Reese, a retired brain-imaging technologist. "I don't appreciate what he's done by any means, but I do appreciate that he holds that office."
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bailey78
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Hey I guess Berry would have a little of the Irish in Him from His Mothers side of the Family.
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bailey78
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Mikeysfake1
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Adding to the mystery......
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Mikeysfake1
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We might have known, he's definitely gifted with the blarney! Someone in his family must have been at Castle Blarney to kiss that stone.
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Ian_Judge_Lord
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OSAMA BIN LADEN: "My Beard is Black, My Robe is White. My Video Tapes can give a Fright."
BARACK OBAMA: "I'm Half-Black, and I'm Half-White. Obama is Irish, not Islamite."
OSAMA BIN LADEN: "He's Freakishly Bright."
"I've got a Bounty on my Head."
BARACK OBAMA: "It looks like Bounty Towels instead."
BOTH: "On You Head."
OSAMA BIN LADEN: "The World is Black. I'm Filled with Rage."
"You'll find it on my new MySpace Page."
"I live in Caves."
BARACK OBAMA: "In the US, We give CaveMen Sitcoms on TV."
"Hey, don't you see? If you had a sitcom like those GEICO cavemen, you could hide out someplace where no one would ever see you."
BOTH: "On NBC."Thank you, Capitol Steps.
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samthesixth
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Ian_Judge_Lord:
The Capitol Steps are great!
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thedirtman
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It seems Falmouth Kearney came out of the same part of Ireland and settled in Ohio at about the same time as did my ancestor. I went to ancestry.com to see if they were related. Ancestry.com wanted a credit card number. They will never get it. It's not worth it.
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JohnA
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So all you have to do is have your picture taken with Bono and you Irish? Well, he did dye the White House fountain green, because that's how they do it in Chicago. How much more Irish do you want?
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JohnA
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bundlebear
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There's No One As Irish As Barack Obama here's a funny video
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bundlebear:
The O in Obama makes a lot of sense!
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bundlebear:
he he.... pretty damn good dude.
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wizardofoz:
U on a roll, wiz!
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tverdell
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He was born in Ireland.
I think he should be impeached. - 1 year ago
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ArthurDent
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tverdell:
I thought it was kenya...
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wizardofoz
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ArthurDent:
You're both wrong...it's Hawaii!
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wizardofoz
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wizardofoz
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tverdell:
Obama addressed his roots Thursday during a St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol.
"Now, speaking of ancestry, there has been some controversy about my own background," the president said. "Two years into my presidency, some are still bent on peddling rumors about my origins. So today I want to put all those rumors to rest. It is true my great-great-great-grandfather really was from Ireland."
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I thought Bush should've been impeached. - 1 year ago
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ArthurDent:
Just a joke.
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wizardofoz:
Is that one of the 58 states?
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tverdell:
Please don't give the birthers any ideas.
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ArthurDent
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If I could walk 500 miles!
I don't know why that just came into my head....it just did.
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wizardofoz
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ArthurDent:
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig :) Happy Saint Patrick's Day :)
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