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Obama's Heritage Traced to Ireland
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| 3/15/07
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Posted on 03/23/2007 4:41:49 PM PDT by Argus
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.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: irish; obama; third
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Begorrah, it's Barack O'Bama now.
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:41:51 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: Argus
Barack, don't forget that when you kiss the Blarney Stone, you're kissing everyone else who kissed the Blarney Stone.
To: BlazingArizona
Quick, someone warn O'Bama that the Blarney Stone is NOT the Barney Frank.
To: Argus
He's got a better claim than John Kerry.
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:46:14 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: BlazingArizona
O'Bama's Mr. Multicultural.
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:46:33 PM PDT
by
Corey Ohlis
(Visualize Swirled Peas)
To: Argus
Now he is trying to kiss up to us...
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:47:42 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: Argus
Let me guess... He is a kennedy? Sheesh
To: Argus
Before long, we'll have a story that he has an ancestor from every country. Gotta expand that base.
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:52:04 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Argus
Well, you could knock me down with a shillelagh.
To: Argus
I have heard of black Irish.
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:55:33 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: Argus
Irish he would just go away
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:56:57 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: Argus
US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama can now count himself as one of the millions of Americans with Irish heritage.As if that means anything of significance.
To: Argus
Obama boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling...
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:58:43 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: MIchaelTArchangel
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posted on
03/23/2007 4:59:18 PM PDT
by
malos
To: Argus
But, of course, we have to remember there is a very high probability that the Celts were from the lost tribes of Israel. How interesting is that for a former Muslim?
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posted on
03/23/2007 5:00:04 PM PDT
by
abclily
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Argus
bttt
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posted on
03/23/2007 5:01:59 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(What would Solomon Do?)
To: Argus
A HUGE number of Americans have some Irish ancestry.
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posted on
03/23/2007 5:04:04 PM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Argus
Since a shamrock is synonymous with the Emerald Isle, Obama must be half Irish...
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posted on
03/23/2007 5:07:54 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Shamrock O'Bama)
To: al baby
Good one. Give that man a Guiness!
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posted on
03/23/2007 5:09:07 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(RIP Mr. Brightside)
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