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**Enfotanab** · 06-20-2012, 06:10 AM

Revealed: Michelle Obama's WHITE distant cousins... and how the First Lady's great-great-great grandmother had a relationship with a slave owner's son

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1yIbnpSah

Two silver-haired white women in Georgia are the distant cousins of Michelle Obama, an African American whose decedents were black slaves.
A new book reveals that the First Lady's great-great grandfather was born to a slave on a small Georgia plantation and her master's white son.
The tale of Mrs Obama's long-lost relatives, which neither family ever talked about, shows that racial identity is even more complicated than most Americans realize. Diverse: The Obamas are cited as being the first black family in the White House, but their ancestors are a diverse mix of white Europeans, black Africans and American Indians.

06-20-2012, 06:10 AM	#1
Enfotanab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	Michelle Obama's WHITE distant cousins... Revealed: Michelle Obama's WHITE distant cousins... and how the First Lady's great-great-great grandmother had a relationship with a slave owner's son Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1yIbnpSah Two silver-haired white women in Georgia are the distant cousins of Michelle Obama, an African American whose decedents were black slaves. A new book reveals that the First Lady's great-great grandfather was born to a slave on a small Georgia plantation and her master's white son. The tale of Mrs Obama's long-lost relatives, which neither family ever talked about, shows that racial identity is even more complicated than most Americans realize. Diverse: The Obamas are cited as being the first black family in the White House, but their ancestors are a diverse mix of white Europeans, black Africans and American Indians.
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