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Obama’s 6th Great-Uncle, Michael Kerney the Wigmaker, Fought Political Manipulation in Ireland

August 7th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Election 2008, Irish Research
Seems that Senator Obama’s ancestry is in the news almost every day. I’ve left most of the Senator’s ancestry blogging to others, but found Michael Kerney, the Irish wig maker, too fascinating to pass up. Following is a teaser from an article found online: Last year it was discovered that the Democratic senator’s great great grandfather [...]

Candidates’ Ancestors Speak Through Them Even Today

May 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ancestry.com, Election 2008, National Archives of the U.S.A.
WASHINGTON — They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008. Although they are long gone, these three are heard about on occasion through the voices of their descendants - John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now there’s another [...]