President Barack Obama seems to be a fascinating person to do genealogy research on. His family tree has revealed a connection between himself and some rather unlikely relatives. A genealogist from Ancestry.com has determined that Obama is related to John Punch, who was a Virginia slave. For many genealogists, there is something uniquely captivating about the family tree of President Barack Obama. Perhaps the attraction is entirely because he is the current President of the United States. Maybe the interest has something to do with the fact that this is an election year, and people are starting to want to … Continue reading →

In 2010, researchers from Ancestry.com discovered that President Barack Obama and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin were actually related to each other. Now, researchers from Ancestry.com have discovered that several of the Republican candidates are related to former United States Presidents. A few years ago, a genealogist for Ancestry.com named Anastasia Tyler discovered that President Barack Obama was distantly related to the former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. The two are each other’s tenth cousins. They share a common ancestor named John Smith, who was one of the early settlers in Massachusetts. John Smith was the twelfth great-grandfather to both … Continue reading →

United States President Barack Obama has Irish ancestry, according to the UK version of Ancestry.com. This discovery comes from research by genealogists. Anytime there is information about the family tree of the President, it seems to make headlines. Genealogists at Ancestry.co.uk traced the descendants of a man named Falmouth Kearney. At the age of nineteen, Mr. Kearney left Ireland and traveled to the United States. He did this sometime during the Potato Famine, so one could assume that he immigrated around 1850 or so. The genealogists learned that Falmouth Kearney arrived in New York along with his brother-in-law, William, and … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court has decided to cast aside an appeal to a court case that questions President Obama’s heritage. There has been an ongoing, grass roots movement that has been continually questioning if President Obama is, in fact, a citizen of the United States of America. The appeal that has been turned down was simply the most current one regarding the same issue. This current court case was brought by Charles Kerchner Jr., from Pennsylvania. He has been interested in forcing President Obama to produce documents such as his birth certificate, and documents regarding his citizenship. Kerchner’s attorney, Mario Apuzzo, … Continue reading →

Once in a while, genealogy research can reveal unexpected things. It seems like whenever a genealogist discovers that a famous person is related to another famous person, it gets talked about. A genealogist from Ancestry.com says that President Obama is related to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. There are quite a few people who decide to start working on their family tree because they are convinced that they are somehow related to royalty, or to a famous actor or actress, or even to a former or current President of the United States. While it can be exciting to find proof … Continue reading →