Posted on 03/23/2007 6:58:32 AM PDT by mmanager
US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama can now count himself as one of the millions of Americans with Irish heritage.
Research by the genealogy website ancestry.co.uk reveals that Mr Obama's great great great grandfather was born in Ireland, although it is not yet known where.
Falmouth Kearney sailed from Ireland to New York in 1850 at the age of 19 on the S.S. Marmion arriving on the 20th of March.
AdvertisementHe initially settled in Ohio, got married, had eight children, and later moved to Indiana, right next door to the state Obama currently represents in the US Senate.
Mr Keaney was part of the great American migration to escape the 1840s potato famine in Ireland.
Mr Obama's father was from Kenya, while his mother grew up in Kansas.
'A great deal has been made of Obama's Kenyan roots, however his European ancestry has until now been overlooked', said Ancestry.co.uk Managing Director Simon Harper.
If Mr Obama gets elected, he would be the first multiracial US president in history - and join a long list of those with Irish ancestry including Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and of course, John F. Kennedy.
Ronald Reagan's great-grandfather, Michael O'Reagan, was born in Ireland in the 1820s. John F Kennedy's great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy came from Dunganstown, Co Wexford, while Bill Clinton's maternal ancestors are said to have come from Co Fermanagh.
He can claim Irish heritage, but H! can't claim Black heritage!........
Oh yeah. First time I saw him I mistook him for Irish. Or was it Jewish...? Ahhh that'll be next month.
Now he's a McNegro?
No, O'Bama........
Make that a McMuslim.
;)
So he's "black Irish" huh?
He still won't have my vote despite my "Black Irish"
heritage....JJ61
Sure, and isn’t he called O’Bama.
O’ops, beat me to it.
And he's always been a fan of the Yankees...or wait, was it the Cubs? Oh wait. That's the other candidate.
LOL!
Just beat me to it. lol....JJ61
There was no agricultural failure in Ireland. The Irish people starved because Britain confiscated all of the crops to ship to England and its colonies.
Maybe O'Bama is related to Clinton, the first Black Irish president.
Muslim AND Irish descent? It must be a struggle for him to not blow up a car now and then.
I have Black Irish heritage. I wonder if I can use that for Affirmative Action advantage.
"Muslim AND Irish descent? It must be a struggle for him to not blow up a car now and then."
Best one of the thread so far! LOL
The Fightn' Muslim
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