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Sun Oct-05-08 01:47 PM
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Edited on Sun Oct-05-08 02:03 PM by CountAllVotes
the other side of my family is from Ohio and Indiana. They were Irish and Cherokee/Choctaw Indian. It is the other side that was from Co. Louth. I bet you and I are related too cousin!  |
| -Presidential candidate Obama has Irish kin in southern Ohio |
usregimechange |
Oct-05-08 07:31 AM |
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Haven't these guys heard of Black Irish? |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-05-08 07:47 AM |
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Black Irish |
Peggesis1 |
Oct-05-08 09:30 AM |
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we are all interrelated....I am of Italian descent, all my life I have cursed my |
madmom |
Oct-05-08 11:11 AM |
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I don't have a speck of Italian anywhere, and any known Spanish is |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-05-08 12:24 PM |
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what I don't understand is, my dad is the Italian, he has beautiful hair, black-black and wavy, |
madmom |
Oct-05-08 09:45 PM |
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Even in my dad's family, where there isn't much Irish, but a hell of a lot of English, |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-05-08 12:15 PM |
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O'Bama ... i LOVE that!! |
Myrina |
Oct-05-08 12:24 PM |
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much of the western world is past it. I don't know what your country's problem is |
HEyHEY |
Oct-05-08 01:05 PM |
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Hahahaha I wish you were right and we were the only ones |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-05-08 04:37 PM |
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Well, I said "Much" not "all" |
HEyHEY |
Oct-05-08 05:18 PM |
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I think that's only because they're not as visible. Mexico and Brazil spring to mind |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-05-08 05:33 PM |
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Well in all fairness, we have our share here, too. |
polly7 |
Oct-06-08 12:09 AM |
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myth. |
Pat Cakes |
Oct-05-08 02:18 PM |
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Thanks for the explanation that's cool! n/t |
Indenturedebtor |
Oct-05-08 04:36 PM |
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Not quite an invasion |
Scairp |
Oct-05-08 06:41 PM |
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Time to pull a Hillary and claim these roots |
endthewar |
Oct-05-08 07:55 AM |
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I never could understand why |
safeinOhio |
Oct-05-08 08:07 AM |
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What if he does whatever the Pope tells him to? |
Chemical Bill |
Oct-05-08 08:10 AM |
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Only half the time. |
mainz_68 |
Oct-05-08 08:30 AM |
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I just love these stories! |
ellie |
Oct-05-08 08:08 AM |
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I gotta tell a story |
AZDemDist6 |
Oct-05-08 08:46 AM |
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I found a black co-worker's name in my family tree |
proud2Blib |
Oct-05-08 09:53 AM |
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That is very cool! |
ellie |
Oct-05-08 10:37 AM |
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What a great story! |
ellie |
Oct-05-08 10:39 AM |
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Go O'Bama! |
iamjoy |
Oct-05-08 08:14 AM |
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Erin Go Bama! |
Spiffarino |
Oct-05-08 09:35 PM |
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Barack O'bama! |
tanyev |
Oct-05-08 08:30 AM |
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Yep! O'Bama O'Bama O'Bama O'Bama |
crazylikafox |
Oct-05-08 10:46 AM |
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Heavens. |
NOLALady |
Oct-05-08 08:40 AM |
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I would say that all of Barack's American relatives are white; his dad |
MasonJar |
Oct-05-08 08:53 AM |
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Soft-Coated Irish Wheaten Terrier |
glinda |
Oct-05-08 09:04 AM |
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AND they are cute as the dickens! |
annabanana |
Oct-05-08 03:47 PM |
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Quintessentially American... |
stillcool47 |
Oct-05-08 09:15 AM |
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He's a cannibal! |
C_eh_N_eh_D_eh |
Oct-05-08 10:30 AM |
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Sarah Palin... |
Spiffarino |
Oct-05-08 09:36 PM |
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"The Irish are the blacks of Europe"-from the movie the Commitments |
bronxiteforever |
Oct-05-08 09:22 AM |
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A great line from a great movie |
Zambero |
Oct-05-08 09:31 AM |
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That deserves the clip |
muriel_volestrangler |
Oct-05-08 10:46 AM |
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I am cracking up! |
tilsammans |
Oct-05-08 12:11 PM |
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Obama's roots in the Ozarks |
lins the liberal |
Oct-05-08 09:27 AM |
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The Allreds came from the Carolinas and then went to TN, and from there their huge families |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-05-08 12:27 PM |
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I love how so many people want to claim a piece of Obama. Hey I am in the PTA if I get picked for |
Heather MC |
Oct-05-08 09:28 AM |
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This will resonate here in Central Ohio |
SallyMander |
Oct-05-08 09:32 AM |
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Why is this always such a surprise? |
Fire1 |
Oct-05-08 10:33 AM |
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Did you read the racist repuke responses to that article? |
ej510 |
Oct-05-08 11:08 AM |
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No, ej, didn't read response. What did they say? |
Fire1 |
Oct-05-08 11:11 AM |
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they are disgusting |
madmom |
Oct-05-08 11:15 AM |
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I'll take your word for it. |
quantessd |
Oct-05-08 11:31 AM |
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No surprise here. |
NOLALady |
Oct-05-08 01:09 PM |
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I'm told I'd fit right in down there! |
Fire1 |
Oct-05-08 04:58 PM |
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Hey, |
NOLALady |
Oct-05-08 05:37 PM |
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I'm always amazed at how people know so much about their ancestry. |
halobeam |
Oct-05-08 10:07 PM |
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Actually, Wiki says the Kearneys settled in Indiana. |
PaulHo |
Oct-05-08 10:43 AM |
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There's no one quite as Irish as Barack O'bama !!! |
TurningColoradoBlue |
Oct-05-08 11:02 AM |
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Welcome to DU! |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Oct-05-08 11:29 AM |
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Ah you beat me to posting it, laddie! |
beac |
Oct-05-08 11:37 AM |
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Fabulous! |
tilsammans |
Oct-05-08 12:21 PM |
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Thank you. I was looking for this |
GinaMaria |
Oct-05-08 01:58 PM |
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Good news. Emphasizes how we are all related..and color is just a matter of degree |
BrklynLiberal |
Oct-05-08 11:18 AM |
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Obama ancestor was bigwig in Dublin of 1700s |
flamingdem |
Oct-05-08 11:46 AM |
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O'Bama, and O'Biden..... HOW CAN WE LOSE ! ! ! We get the luck of the IRISH |
happygoluckytoyou |
Oct-05-08 12:12 PM |
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Maybe that will make my mother feel more comfortable about voting for Obama |
liberal N proud |
Oct-05-08 12:15 PM |
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I'm nit-picking.. but Mexican isn't a race |
OKNancy |
Oct-05-08 12:28 PM |
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I realize that. |
liberal N proud |
Oct-05-08 12:36 PM |
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Interesting that she's racist.. |
NOLALady |
Oct-05-08 12:58 PM |
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yes they were |
GinaMaria |
Oct-05-08 02:02 PM |
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They were all over America |
liberal N proud |
Oct-05-08 04:09 PM |
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They were brought here to do work |
NOLALady |
Oct-05-08 05:41 PM |
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It matters not |
DissedByBush |
Oct-05-08 12:26 PM |
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I always thought Obama looked Irish. |
girl gone mad |
Oct-05-08 12:31 PM |
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Yay, he's got the mic vote! Andback in 1890 that would mean something. |
HEyHEY |
Oct-05-08 01:05 PM |
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Obama and Biden Both Descend from Irish Shoemakers Who Came to America in 1849 |
CountAllVotes |
Oct-05-08 01:06 PM |
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I bet even O'Bama and O'Drunken Irishman are related. ;) |
Drunken Irishman |
Oct-05-08 01:33 PM |
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We are all related |
CountAllVotes |
Oct-05-08 01:47 PM |
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The Seven Daughters of Eve |
GinaMaria |
Oct-05-08 02:05 PM |
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Since every human on the planet can trace his or her |
tblue37 |
Oct-06-08 02:05 AM |
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Obama's mother did have unmistakable Irish features: |
brentspeak |
Oct-05-08 02:15 PM |
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Obama's (white) second cousin lives in Lancaster, PA. |
gauguin57 |
Oct-05-08 02:18 PM |
#62 |
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