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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:47 PM Original message |
Barack Obama's family has been in America since the 1600s |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very good find. Thanks for posting. Rec. (nt) |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I really don't understand why this is an issue. even if he was born in kenya |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It has to do with the legal definition of "natural born citizen" |
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LoveIsNow (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I know a couple who are DAR( the husband sits on an appointed Historical board in my hometown) |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. What a hoot! My partner's mom is a DAR (but one of the rare Dem ones) so I know how seriously |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bartlett is also a big family name in South Jersey (Atlantic County)....n/t |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It's still a big family in NH, Bartletts all over. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. It does not matter |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Exactly. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. FWIW, my assistant, President Obama, and I are all 7th cousins of each other |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Won't matter to the teabaggers who only focus on his father. Fundy Franklin Graham |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. KNEW IT! LOVE Jed!!! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. My family has been here since 1628, maybe my ancestors knew his. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. My husband's family came to MA in 1620. We really should have a reunion at his place. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Really, how many people could there have been around back then? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. My husband really is a Mayflower descendent. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Many of them and their descendants had HUGE families. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. K & R |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. my ancestors have been arriving here since 7,000+ years ago on up to the 20th century |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. There's a good chance that any person with roots back to the 1600's |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-26-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obama and Cheney share another 17th century ancestor: |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. "more American"?? |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Be careful with |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
24. So has mine. Do I get a cookie, a medal, or some sort of prize? |
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