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http://kennethelamb.blogspot.com/2008/02/barak-obama-questions-about-ethnic.html

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Here is the truth about Mr. Obama’s name, and his father’s ancestors:

True Negro tribal members of western Kenya where his father was born have Christian names, not Arabic. His father’s decision to name him with an Arabic name is a matter of his father establishing his ethnic identity in Africa - it is done deliberately to separate him from the African tribes. He may live among them, but he is not one of them. His father’s message is that he is Arabic, not Negro.

Many will find these truths unsettling. I’m often asked, “But I thought his father was Kenyan. How could Mr. Obama not be African-American, how could his ethnic composition be so Arabic?”

The definitive clue to that answer is to look at his name, his father’s name, and the names of all his ancestors on his father’s side. They are all Arabic.

Researching his roots reveal that on his father’s side, he is descended from Arab slave traders. They operated under an extended grant from Queen Victoria, who gave them the right to continue the slave trade in exchange for helping the British defeat the Madhi Army in southern Sudan and the Upper Nile region. Funny how circular is history; now the British again face the Madhi Army, albeit this time Shiite, not Sunni, as in nineteenth century Sudan.

But telling America’s black community that while their ancestors were breaking the shackles of slavery, Mr. Obama’s ancestors were placing those shackles upon their wrists would hardly play as an Oprah Winfrey best-seller.

http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/barack_obama.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/obama_two.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/obama_three.htm

http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/obama_four.htm

Barack Obama’s parents are:

Father: Barack Obama Sr. (1935-1982)
Mother: Stanley Ann Dunham (1942-1995)

Paternal Grandfather: Hussein Onyango Obama (1895-1979)
Paternal Grandmother: Akumu

Maternal Grandfather: Stanley Armour Dunham (1918-1992)
Maternal Grandmother: Madelyn Lee Payne (1922-LIVING)