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02 November 2012

President Obama an Irishman?

Barry Vosloo

On 17 October Jaarringe reported that few nations are as passionate about their country as the Irish. Their devotion is often revealed by an almost feverish search for the Irish roots of important people elsewhere in the world.

US President and Mrs. Obama
On the face of it, few people would credit the current US President with Irish ancestry. Yet, when a 19-year-old cobbler’s son called Falmouth Kearney fled famine-ravaged Ireland for the New World 161 years ago he could never have imagined that his great-great-great grandson would return as US President. Click HERE to read more. 

It may be even more surprising to learn that Michelle Obama's ancestry has also been traced back decisively for the first time to white Irish immigrants in the Deep South of the United States. Click HERE to read more.