While this does not bother me, nor make any difference to me at all, I have to admit that when I read the lineage I was startled out of my socks. According to reports, his (white) mother's lines go back to Mareen Duvall of Anne Arundell Co., MD mid to late 1600s. Although not in my direct line, Mr. Duvall is in a collateral line through my Wallis-Young-Orrick-Hopkins lines from the same location.
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A new twist to an intriguing family history
Census records, genealogical research show forebears of Obama's mother had slaves
By David Nitkin and Harry Merritt
Sun Reporters
Originally published March 2, 2007
WASHINGTON // Many people know that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's father was from Kenya and his mother from Kansas.
But an intriguing sliver of his family history has received almost no attention until now: It appears that forebears of his white mother owned slaves, according to genealogical research and census records.
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