Obama's roots have Irish eyes smiling - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com: "He’s touted his father’s Kenyan roots and his mother’s Kansas upbringing.
But Irish Americans say they’re still waiting for Barack Obama to embrace another influential figure from his past: his great-great-great-grandfather Falmouth Kearney.
An Irish immigrant who came to America in 1850, Kearney hailed from Moneygall, County Offaly, a tiny Irish village about an hour and a half west of Dublin. And according to Ancestry.com, this link makes Obama about 3.1 percent Irish."
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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