[decisis]

So his white relatives didn’t vote for him? Not surprising. Remember some years ago when it was in style for black people to say they had white ancestors, that they were Irish, German, English, etc? I wonder how true some of that was. Of course in Obama’s case, he does have white ancestry but apparently they can’t stand him, always a black sheep in every family.

[Verginius Rufus]

Alex Haley had some Irish ancestors—he even went to Ireland trying to track down information on them.

[max americana]

I heard his white granpappy or something liberated Auschwitz or something...

[Windflier]

Remember some years ago when it was in style for black people to say they had white ancestors, that they were Irish, German, English, etc? I wonder how true some of that was.

It's completely true. Trust me, you can't find a black American whose roots go back to slavery, who doesn't have some white ancestry.

American blacks are a long, long way from being pure blood negroid.