1) ancestry.com genealogists
There are no names listed there of any professional genealogists who traced a proven family line from Barack o'Bama to Joseph Kearney.
2) Trinty College, Dublin/Eneclann Inc. genealogists
There are no names listed there of any professional genealogists who traced a proven family line from Barack o'Bama to Joseph Kearney.
3) Genealogists working for the Church of Latter Day Saints in Utah
There are no names listed there of any professional genealogists who traced a proven family line from Barack o'Bama to Joseph Kearney. In fact, there is absolutely no mention of anything to do with what you stated at that link!
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The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Mr. Obama’s mother was baptized posthumously into the church by a member in 2007, according to researcher Helen Radkey."
One more thing, the forgery was not released until April of 2011, so it was impossible for those amateur researchers to even have a genealogical link to 0'bama's supposed parents.
There are five elements to the
Genealogical Proof Standard:
1.A reasonably exhaustive search has been conducted.
2.Each statement of fact has a complete and accurate source citation.
3.The evidence is reliable, and has been skillfully correlated and interpreted.
4.Any contradictory evidence has been resolved.
5.The conclusion has been soundly reasoned.
Here are a couple of names of genealogists involved in the family tree analysis:
“Two of the most historically significant African Americans in the history of our country are amazingly directly related,” said Ancestry.com genealogist Joseph Shumway in a statement. “John Punch was more than likely the genesis of legalized slavery in America. But after centuries of suffering, the Civil War, and decades of civil rights efforts, his 11th great-grandson became the leader of the free world and the ultimate realization of the American Dream.”
Ancestry.com called on a past Board for Certification of Genealogists president to perform a third-party review of the research.
“A careful consideration of the evidence convinces me that the Y-DNA evidence of African origin is indisputable,” said Elizabeth Shown Mills in a statement, “and the surviving paper trail points solely to John Punch as the logical candidate.”
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/30/13036039-ancestry-website-obamas-mother-descended-from-first-us-slave?lite