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Historic photograph of Obama’s Irish ancestor is discovered (Photos at link)
Irish Central ^ | March 11, 2015 | By Sheila Langan

Posted on 07/16/2015 11:29:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

An historic photo of Fulmoth Kearney, President Obama’s Irish ancestor from Moneygall, Co, Offaly, has at last been found.

Merlyn White, Obama's third cousin once removed, recently learned of her connection to the president while visiting a distant relation in Scotland. The news led her to reconsider an old family photo album she had inherited from her 107-year-old great aunt. In the album's pages she found portraits of Fulmoth and his wife Charlotte, which she shared with genealogist Megan Smolenyak, who first identified Fulmoth as Obama's Irish ancestor.

This revelation of the photo comes on the heels of the discovery of Kearney's final resting place in a Kansas cemetery and his memorialization with a headstone after 136 years.

n 2007, Smolenyak traced then-candidate Barack Obama’s Irish ancestry on his mother’s side, eventually finding that his third great-grandfather, Fulmoth Kearney, left Moneygall for New York in 1850. He and his sister Margaret were bound for Ohio, where their father had inherited land from a brother. Other members of the Kearney family would gradually make their journey to America, but Fulmoth was the most recent immigrant on the maternal side of Obama's family.

Smolenyak's discovery was the catalyst for the Obamas’ joyous visit to Ireland in May 2011, during which the president raised a pint in Moneygall and gave his historic and poignant speech in Dublin. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at irishcentral.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: 201105; dublin; fartyshadesofgreen; fulmothkearney; genealogy; ireland; kenyanbornmuzzie; moneygall
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1 posted on 07/16/2015 11:29:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Malcolm X was Irish?


2 posted on 07/16/2015 11:29:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

He considers himself Black. How on Earth is this relevant?


3 posted on 07/16/2015 11:33:52 PM PDT by montag813 (Pray for Israel)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
This revelation of the photo comes on the heels of the discovery of Kearney's final resting place in a Kansas cemetery and his memorialization with a headstone after 136 years.

What did he get for grades and what did he study in his college adventure? 136 years of heritage and....bupkis.

4 posted on 07/16/2015 11:34:46 PM PDT by jessduntno (The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Who gives a rat’s *ss.


5 posted on 07/16/2015 11:35:20 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: montag813

How about Kenya?


6 posted on 07/16/2015 11:36:11 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Did he have a paper long form birth certificate?


7 posted on 07/16/2015 11:37:24 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Every time the birth certificate issue comes up, a new narrative is born.


8 posted on 07/16/2015 11:41:03 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Mommas , don’t let your babies grow up and marry African moslems


9 posted on 07/16/2015 11:41:30 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Go raibh maith agat, ach níl an rud seo ábhartha.


10 posted on 07/16/2015 11:48:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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11 posted on 07/16/2015 11:50:01 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
The headstone notes Fulmoth and Charlotte as the “great-great-great-grandparents of President Barack Obama.”

The poor couple must be doing about 3600 rpm in their grave.

12 posted on 07/17/2015 12:04:31 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Big ears, like Obola.


13 posted on 07/17/2015 12:22:32 AM PDT by Qiviut (Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Oh goodie. Now we can add leprechauns to the unicorns and rainbows.


14 posted on 07/17/2015 12:33:59 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Brad from Tennessee
DNA tests: I wish the good lady, Obama's "cousin" from Kansas, would submit to DNA tests to see if she is really related to Obama.

Obama won't submit to DNA tests, because he knows in his heart that the Dunham woman from Kansas is not really his mother.

DNA and Obama's two daughters: But, on the other hand, Obama's two daughters are quickly growing into adults who can soon legally decide for themselves to submit or not submit to DNA tests to prove that they are related to the Kansas relatives of the Dunham person who Obama claims is his mother.

So if Obama's cousin has already submitted to DNA tests by the time Obama's two daughters are ready to submit to DNA tests, the comparison of the cousin's DNA to Obama's two daughters' DNA should proceed quickly and easily.

15 posted on 07/17/2015 1:08:53 AM PDT by john mirse
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To: Brad from Tennessee

"Yeah, 'tis good to be white."

16 posted on 07/17/2015 1:41:16 AM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Someday somebody is gonna chisel off that part about Obama.


17 posted on 07/17/2015 1:43:52 AM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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Stanley Ann Dunham: Daddy, I’m going to have a baby.

Stanley Armour Dunham: Hmm, are you sure it’s yours?


18 posted on 07/17/2015 1:49:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Slyfox
Someday somebody is gonna chisel off that part about Obama.

Maybe the occupants themselves. Talk about being marked with a curse. That blurb about Obama is a desecration.

No doubt they will be out and about when the next election rolls around, regardless of their party affiliation before death.

19 posted on 07/17/2015 1:59:47 AM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
We can see where the ears came from.


20 posted on 07/17/2015 2:49:06 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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