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Top O' The Mornin', Barack: Obama's Irish Roots Revealed
New York Press ^ | 3/12/07 | New York Press

Posted on 03/12/2007 6:22:22 PM PDT by melt

Fresh off their discovery of Rev. Al Sharpton's slave ancestry and ties to Strom Thurmond, Ancestry.com has just announced that they have found traces of Ireland in Barack Obama's family tree.

According to their research 19-year-old Falmouth Kearney, Obama's third great grandfather, sailed from Ireland, landing in New York harbor on March 20, 1850.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: green; hillary; jfk; obama
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To: bmwcyle

"Barack Embraces Pygmy Past"

"Obama's Marovingian Lineage: WWJD"?


21 posted on 03/12/2007 7:15:48 PM PDT by dasboot
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To: hsalaw
Do the math. Every generation, your number of ancestors double. Of course, eventually they may even begin to overlap. My parents have a common ancestor born in 1440 and there is even more overlap once you are able to trace back to 1000 or so. Anyone who can get back to 500 a.d. has more ancestors who were alive on earth at the time (not counting the overlap). It is just a question of degree. And its a lot of fun. My kids can check the Native American, Hispanic, Asian, White and Mixed Race boxes on their college admission forms. Chances are even fair that we may even turn up an African someday.
22 posted on 03/12/2007 7:27:44 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: melt

I knew I saw some red in his hair!! In fact, I bet he dyes it black just to look black. The Irish in him is just unmistakable.


23 posted on 03/12/2007 7:30:03 PM PDT by stockstrader ("Where government advances--and it advances relentlessly--freedom is imperiled"-Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Vigilanteman; All
Do the math.
GENEALOGY n. The tracing of descent from ancestors; alternatively, a particular account of such tracing for a specific individual or family. In the English-speaking world, all those who take up this pursuit announce sooner or later that they can trace their descent back to Edward III. This should surprise no one with a rudimentary knowledge of mathematics; there are probably one or two well-bred basset hounds who could also trace their descent back to Edward III. What is really surprising is that Edward III seems to be regarded as some kind of ultimate antecedent beyond whom the genealogist does not venture, even though anyone descended from Edward III is also descended from his father Edward II, and so on. The author can guess only that the prudery of the late Victorian age (when genealogy became a family pastime) chose to draw a veil before the memory of Edward II in view of the sybaritic Plantagenet’s bisexual reputation and appalling death (see impalement).

— Peter Bowler, The Superior Person’s Book of Words.


24 posted on 03/12/2007 7:30:38 PM PDT by dighton
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To: CMailBag
Is it supposed to be O'Bama then?

Yes, Bearach(Barry) O'Bama

25 posted on 03/12/2007 7:32:40 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (for those in Rio Linda, there's conservapedia)
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This must be an attempt to change Obama's middle label from 'Hussein' to 'Red' far enough ahead of the elections......
26 posted on 03/12/2007 7:36:43 PM PDT by wodinoneeye
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Just in time for St Patrick's Day.


27 posted on 03/12/2007 7:38:31 PM PDT by aculeus (Ceci n'est pas une tagline.)
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To: popdonnelly; cripplecreek
Politician discovers Irish ancestry in time for St. Patrick's Day.

Knowing how Democrats usually work, I'd be very surprised if the timing of this "new discovery" was just coincidental.

Funny that another FReeper the other day referred to the candidate as "Barry O'Bama." Perhaps he knew something about this revelation in advance.

28 posted on 03/12/2007 7:43:01 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: melt
Top O' The Mornin', Barack: Obama's Irish Roots Revealed

[cue Everlast-"Black Jesus"]

29 posted on 03/12/2007 7:44:39 PM PDT by RichInOC (Obama '08: Once You Go Barack, You Never Go Back.)
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To: hsalaw

There is a German-American holiday: Steuben Day. I believe there are still parades in some American cities on that day to honor Count von Steuben's contribution to the American effort during the Revolution.


30 posted on 03/12/2007 7:47:09 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Sols

"..found traces of Ireland in Barack Obama's family tree."


I was right again; I always thought that his real name is Breck O'Bama.


31 posted on 03/12/2007 7:50:04 PM PDT by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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To: justiceseeker93
There is a German-American holiday: Steuben Day.

When is it? I'll be sure to celebrate with some pork and sauerkraut. I don't have to go too far back: my paternal grandparents were German immigrants.

32 posted on 03/12/2007 8:11:03 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: melt

OMG....can these people be any more transparent!?


33 posted on 03/12/2007 8:31:57 PM PDT by goodnesswins (We need to cure Academentia)
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To: melt

34 posted on 03/12/2007 9:09:56 PM PDT by honolulugal
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To: hsalaw
According to Wikipedia, Steuben Day is September 17. There are parades in Chicago (early September) and New York annually, and German food is served. The parade in NY is connected with an Oktoberfest.

So Obama still has six months to find some German ancestry. Or will HRC beat him to it? (LOL!)

35 posted on 03/12/2007 9:16:27 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Xenalyte
Take a listen to a U2 song and see. Each song has maybe 25 different words, just mixed up in various ways.

Perhaps Bono should change his name to Bo"no-more-than-25-words". Are you a songwriter, BTW?

36 posted on 03/12/2007 9:34:01 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: gedeon3
People should always call him barak HUSSEIN obama.

You're right. "Top O' the "Moor"nin' To You"...

37 posted on 03/12/2007 9:48:42 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: melt

That will make him the second most famous Black Irishman ever, next to former Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott.


38 posted on 03/12/2007 9:51:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: monkapotamus
LOL!

Barack Hussein Obama prances forward in his newest secret identity--- the Lepre"Khan"...

39 posted on 03/12/2007 10:14:14 PM PDT by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: melt

Until I see him in a drunken fistfight I'm not buying it.


40 posted on 03/12/2007 10:21:13 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Be a REAL conservative. Stay home and pout so Hillary can win!)
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