@0:01 I am here and back to give some nightmares at @UsefulCharts once again. He better have made a detailled map of Obama's patrilineal lineage. Edit (yeah, so soon!) : @1:56 the name of this body of water is now (and has always been) officially *Lake Nyanza (or Nyanza)* . Not *Victoria.* We are not great fans of colonial names in most African countries. Second Edit: @2:28 Not forcibky an erroneum, but Baraka rathers refers to its Swahili meaning (which is exactly the same in Arabic) . Obama is a princely Luo surname - as Luo people dwelling east of Nyanza doesn't have a monarchical system of kinglets and united kingdoms, but rather of Principalities and High Chieftainships. Well, I disgress-- - which means "Fiery Celestial Javelin" and holds homonymous kinship to various Central African royals from the Great Lakes region/Central Northeast Africa and the Congo basin, such as the Ilunga/Olenga Dynasty sho reigned over the Kingdom of Anzicana and some of his fiefdoms from early 14th century AD to its dissolution by colonial European powers around 1885-1891; and many others via intermarriages between Nilotic headships and other royals in Middle African, as well as a common royal BaChwezi heritage between Obama's patrilineal lineage and various Central African royalties dating back to the Chwezi Dynasty of the Kitara Empire (c. 630 AD - early 14th century AD) . Thus, Baraka Obama roughly means _"Holy Fiery Javelin Descending From Heaven"_ , a very powerful naming laden with ancestral mystical significance in Africa. At last, I see that you've stopped the genealogical tree of Obama's paternal line to his grandparents. Bery dissapointing. We can literally trace Obama's patrilineal ancestry back to his 8th great-grandfather 16th century Nyanza Acholi princeling and warlord Owinyi Rac Koma / Owinyi Ramogi of the Nyanza region (c. 1544 - c.1571) ; foremost founding headship of the Kenyan Luos east of Nyanza, son of Sigoma, son of Rukidi Rugwe/Mwiru & Princess Nyatooro, daughter of Princr Nyabongo, descendant of the princeling Olimi I of the Banyoro-Kitara, descendant of Rukidi I / Labongo who founded in 14th century the petty mixed Luo/Acholi/Chollo-and-Chwezi-descended kingdom of Banyoro-Kitara (14th century-late 19th century) which succeeded to the fallen Kitara Empire after overthrowing their Chwezi/Hima overlords. Obama's paternal heritage is very ancient and renowmed in Africa: we can trace his paternal origins not just to the Kenyan plains and hill-lands east of the Nyanza Lake, but also to the Kitara region, eastern DRC, the Nilotes of South Sudan and the Nuba Mountains, the Nobataes of Roman antiquity, the triumvirate of Christian Nubian kingdoms in present-day Sudan, ancient Kush, the Aksumite Kingdom/Abyssinia via the Jewish (later Christian) Aksumite kings of Adulis and Aksum in late 3rd century AD and 9th century AD Pagan-Jewish Empress Gudit alike (after their nation conquerred the Great Lakes region and East Africa twice over the 1st Millenium AD) , the Ethiopian Macrobian overrulers of the Azanian Empire in Hellenistic then Roman Antiquity, the Bagratidae Dynasty of 9th century Georgia and the South Caucasus region (via a second marriage between Gudit and a foreign "Syrian" or Georgian Christian prince) , Near Eastern royals of Antiquity and the early Middle Ages (including the Davidic Exilarchate) , the Hellenistic kingdoms, ancient Rome, ancient Numidia; and at last but not to say the least Pharaonic Egypt (thrice, via both his distant Upper Nile Chollo, Chwezi and Abyssinian-Bagratid heritage) , and moreso Puntite royalty dating back to the legendary tribal Anu Dynasty (Imanujela or Ba-Tembuzi Dynasty for others) of African prehistory, whom the latter legendary Anu-domineered House of Keb/Geb (fabled dynastic tribe whom the God Osiris and his brethren belonged to, in Egyptian mythology) was spawned forth.
You forgot Obama’s mother’s Dutch ancestry, with the line that goes through Djirksie Meyer and Enoch M Vreeland. My line also goes through the above two individuals, but that’s where it splits, as I’m a descendant of Enoch Vreeland and then his daughter, Eve, or Effie, or Effje. Different documents have her name spelled differently, but it’s clear she married a fellow name Anthony Maxwell. They had several children, Maria, who died as a small child, William, my ancestor, dying in the revolution, Cornelius Maxwell, a messenger to Congress and married Ruth Dunn, Enoch Maxwell, who served in the NY Militia, his likely twin sister, Mary Van Horn Maxwell, and Anthony Maxwell who served in Malcolm’s regiment and likely was part of the Battle of Trenton and Married eve Platner, and Eve Maxwell, who married into the Cronin family. William had a young son around the time the revolution broke out named Joseph. Then Joseph had a son named Anthony who may have been an explorer in and around the time of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. He possibly explored Glacier National park. His son, Joseph competed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show against Annie Oakley. His son William, worked on the railroad, and his son Robert, served in WAII.
Every president has that one family member or in-law that makes a public embarrassment of themselves during their administration. Jimmy Carter had his brother, Billy. Bill Clinton had his two brothers-in-law. Barak Obama has Malik. Although, Malik didn't take off until later.
The name “Barack” comes from the Arabic name “Mubarak”, which is cognate to the Hebrew name “Baruch”. All of the names translate to “blessed”. Both names are also cognate to the Latin name “Benedictus”, commonly shortened to “Benedict”. So technically, Barack Obama, Baruch Spinoza, and Benedict Cumberbatch all have first names meaning the same thing.
I don't think "barack" and "baruch" are related to benedict although they're related to each other). Benedict comes from the Latin "bene" (well) and "dictus" (said or spoken), which also means "blessed" but its minor similarity to the two related Semitic words (baruch and barack) is a coincidence.
I'm Kenyan and I come from the tribe of Obama senior ( obama's dad) called Luo, Obama is a luo name. In our Luo tribe, ladies' names start with letter A( you can see from my second name, Akinyi) and Men's name starts with the letter O. The names have meanings depending on the time, place, and the event that took place at the time of your birth. 😊
The idea that Stanley Ann Dunham was pregnant by a Kenyan was a lie and the truth is that a married friend of her parents was the father of her unborn son. He was 54 years old and a notorious Communist named Frank Marshall Davis. He served as his son's mentor after Ann and Barry Soetoro returned to Hawaii from Indonesia.
That is a really cool fact! I love the individuality of knowing that no one else is going to have the exact same name, due to the circumstance of time, place and events of a baby's birth! It's beautiful! I think we need more of this in the world!
i do thank you for the vindication; i clearly remember back around 2011 when President Obama made a state visit to Ireland i mentioned to some coworkers, he indeed visited his ancestorial village and everyone thought i was an idiot, soon after i realize they did not know he was bi-racial something i assumed everyone knew
@@beareeves4923 i have to disagree with the term reasonable, i was around in 2008 and i do remember the news coverage of the campaign and there was talk about him being bi-racial
@@beareeves4923 what does that even mean “claim his white side?” Has ever denied the existence of his mother and grandparents in his life? No. He is an African American with a White mother. Your comment is hideously inaccurate and just plain wrong.
@@beareeves4923 So, because you are ignorant of the fact you claim he did not acknowledge them? Clearly you haven't been paying attention. He has always acknowledged them. But that point would be counter to your I'll informed opinion. Smh
I’ve just recently stumbled onto this channel and now I’m binging on the videos. We’re currently untangling our own family’s tree branches. We’ve uncovered some interesting stuff. We are descendants of Daniel Boone but we’re originally from Scotland. These charts here are fascinating.
welcome to the Useful Charts fan club :) , Matt and crew are very good at what they do. This is one of the channels that kept me occupied during the pandemic.
On my mother's side, we are descendants of his wife Rebecca's sister...not sure if it was her sister Martha, or when her father married a second time, if he had children with his second wife. If it was with her sister Martha, then we would be some form of cousins, if so...hello cousin!
It looks like in Kenya some people took their fathers first name as a last name so yeah thats where Obama comes from - like my last name, Johnson (apparently I had an ancestor named John sometime in the 16th century.)
I believe in 2012, Ancestry did a report on Barack Obama’s ancestry focusing on his mother family. It was about 50 pages long and included information about his mother likely having an ancestor named John Punch. They also included that a male relative of his mother with the last name Bunch had done a DNA test that confirmed the relative’s Y-chromosome was of West African origin and matched close enough to descendants of John Punch to suggest a strong likelihood of shared ancestry in the direct male line. John Punch was an enslaved man in Colonial Virginia who married a white woman prior to the passage of an “anti-miscegenation” law in the 1660s and they had children who took their legal status from their mother (partus sequitur ventrem) making them free people of color. Their children also became slave holders themselves and had interracial marriages. Today a large number of their descendants are white and many probably aren’t aware of their African ancestry. While it isn’t 100% certain, it is noteworthy that his white mother is very likely a descendant of an enslaved African man and had been described as the first official enslaved African slave in the 13 colonies, at least that can be documented in official legal documents.
I was surprised that that connection was not mentioned in the video. I also am allegedly descended from tne same enslaved man. Unfortunately, I have no proof beyond internet geneaology sites.
I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned as well but I understand why it wouldn’t be on the chart if it hasn’t been proven through documentation. I am a male line descendant of John Punch. It’s an interesting bit of history that illustrates how the colonial history of America wasn’t as cut and dry as we are taught. People make history and people are complex and multidimensional.
How Obama senior landed in the USA is interesting His Cousin (died last week and will be buried ⚰ next Friday 23/12/2022) had the scholarship handed over to him by the missionaries. The mother of the cousin was ill and she didn't want the son to go to the USA When Obama senior learnt that his cousin has declined to go to the US.. He approached him if he can give him his chance The Cousin took him to the missionaries and pleaded with them to allow Obama senior take his chance That's how Obama senior got the ticket 🎫 to USA 🇺🇸 The cousin will be buried in Seme Ratta Village in Kenya next Friday.
I saw Barrack Obama say he was born in Kenya and I saw a picture of his Hawaiian birth certificate. The problem is, the hospital named on his Hawaiian birth certificate was not built until,2 years AFTER Barrack was born! Therefore he was an ILLEGITIMATE president!
I’m related to Obama on both sides of my family: The Punch/Bunch line on my dad’s side and the Browning line on my mom’s side. We are 9th and 10th cousins.
@@sorangjung8140 some people get very excited about finding a famous relative and will talk about it for years. Where I live many are related to someone from the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud and we have a few people that can’t pass up the opportunity to tell everyone.
You only discussed Ann's father's side of her family. Her mother had more than just English ancestry. Her ancestors were diverse: English, Irish, Scottish, German, French and some other European groups I may not be aware of. She was a descendant of an African(s) who were enslaved in the US. Further the family also has trace or very small amounts of Indigenous American from what is now a likely extinct tribe from the Eastern US. Her ancestors also would have had some Jewish and or Arabic ancestry. Ann was my 4th cousin which would have made former President Obana my 5th cousin. His African family is not the only ones to have experienced poverty. His American cousins on his mom's side also experienced it here in the US including a few who were actually homeless. Such is life.
Here’s a good suggestion: “Who’s the best claim to become Emperor of Mexico”. There could be a case for Moctezuma’s descendants, one of the Hasbourgs, or a relative of Iturbide.
My gramma did our family tree lineage about 20 years ago when it was much harder to find answers. We've got traced back as far as 800 AD (yes you read that correctly, 800), and then she decided that was enough. This video was fascinating to me. Thanks!!
Where are you from ? Precisely … because it is very doubtful she can go back so far, even in Europe, except for royalty. No offense but sounds like family legend.
@@sebastienh1100 Well seeing as I have printouts of the information she has found it isn't exactly "family legend" and I will tell you I am from Canada, myself, but my full, extended family is on every continent on Earth, minus Antarctica.
@@bladesausteel - I don’t understand what you are trying to say. My simple question is, when you say you go back to 800 AD, in which country is it? I suppose if you are from Canada it must be in Europe - which country and region in Europe? If you cannot answer that, it is a problem.
@@sebastienh1100 I'm sorry, I interpreted your question as "where am I myself from." My gramma has found people throughout what is now England and Scotland, and there are even relatives from France. I am about 50 generations removed from some medieval kings. But if you're from England, everyone is distantly related to a king or queen.
At 7:51, Matt said “step-sister,” but I think “half-sister” was meant And at 9:31, said “University of South California,” but probably meant “University of Southern California”
I knew Kezia Obama very well and was saddened to hear of her passing last year. I used to enjoy our chats about Kenya and routinely spoke of back home. Her final years were full of pain. My god of mercy on her soul.
Shout out from South Africa. I love your channel and was fascinated by the work you did on the Zulu people. When you have time could you please make a video on Xhosa people. I'm from the same clan as Nelson Mandela and I assume he could be a good place to start.
It's very interesting that they made a big fuss about him being Irish on his mothers side. Yet conveniently never mentioned the fact that he is actually of direct English descent on her side.
Hey there, you made a mistake at 7:54. Maya is his HALF sister not his STEP sister. You got it right a few minutes before that. But somehow messed up there.
The name Barack originates from swahili, which is one of the most spoken languages in Kenya 🇰🇪 . In the swahili language, the name is " Baracka " which means Benediction .
It's so painful to know that between the years of 1500 and 1850 many of us AAs do not know who the people are. We even know what tribes we descend from but we just don't know how.
"I didn’t really know my father-he left my mother and me when I was two years old, and only traveled from Kenya to visit us once, when I was ten. That trip was the first and last I saw of him; after that, I heard from him only through the occasional letter, written on thin blue airmail paper that was preprinted to fold and address without an envelope. His short visit had a profound impact on my life. My father gave me my first basketball and introduced me to jazz. But for the most part, the visit left me with more questions than it answered, and I knew I would have to figure out how to be a man on my own." Then he is lecturing blacks on how to vote ? FACT: Obama is a biracial who was raised by white mother, white grandparents and Indonesia step father.
Joseph Smith Jr. is not the head anymore. He died in 1844. He was followed by Joseph Smith III, who was president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now known as Community of Christ), who was in turn followed and succeeded by his three sons: Frederick M. Smith, Israel A. Smith, and William Wallace Smith, the last of whom was succeeded by his son Wallace B. Smith.
LOL bro I can confirm that tree will have way over 30,000 modern day relatives. I can say that cause my great great great grandparent was Parley P Pratt and trust me it's a lengthy list of relatives.
I went to a business conference in Nairobi in 2015, just prior to a visit there by President Obama. There were billboards and the local news, etc., discussing how they were going to welcome Obama "home" for a visit. So, I was in a cab one day during my stay there, and I began to relate how my family had some Dunham relations and Obama could very well be related to me (just conjecture on my part). Now, this Kenyan cab driver is looking at me, a very white American dude, who is telling him about possibly being related to Obama. The cognitive dissonance just slowly erased his grin from one side of his face to the other. He was, shall we say, confused.
You did not mention Michelle's brother. Based on a speech from Barak Obama in the Canadian Parliament 2016 before leaving office, Michelle's brother lives in Canada.
@@samsousayt again it’s because he’s a basketball coach. He still has a hone in Chicago (where he’s from) but it makes more sense to have a place near where he works. Stop reaching
Barack is also from the Swahili word "baraka" which means blessings. Swahili is Kenya's native language and it makes sense that Obama Sr. derived the name from his local dialect. Worth noting is that Swahili evolved from Arabic and in fact, many words are shared between the two languages. Examples: Salam aleikum (Swahili), salaam a’leikum (Arabic), Karibu (Swahili) and qareeb (Arabic), Salama (Swahili), Salaam (Arabic), halali (Swahili), halaal (Arabic), hasara (Swahili), khasaarah (Arabic), etc. So there's debate whether Barack came from the Swahili local dialect spoken by his father or Arabic since he had converted to Islam or both
Swahili did not evolve from Arabic, it is a Bantu language that borrowed words from Arabic. Also while Swahili is now spoken throughout the county today as a lingua Franca, it is only natively spoken by the people of the east costal regions, the opposite end of the country from where Obama’s family is from.
@@thomaspatterson1789 Obama's family is from the western side of the country around lake victoria. They are river-lake nilotes. The Luo tribe. Also, although linguistically categorised as a Bantu language, Swahili developed historically by borrowing a number of words from foreign languages, particularly Arabic. That's why I said it evolved from Arabic. Maybe I should have used a different word, but English is not my first language. Swahili is. Per Wikipedia, around 40% of the Swahili vocabulary consists of Arabic loanwords, including the name of the language itself (سَوَاحِلي sawāḥilī) meaning 'of the coast'. Swahili is predominantly spoken in Kenya and Tanzania and is no longer native ONLY to the coastal region or bantu communities. Many speakers esp those in urban areas speak Swahili as their mother-tongue. Kenya and Tanzania national anthems are in Swahili. I grew up speaking the language myself and am not a bantu or from the coast but it is my native/first language.
But you said Swahili comes from Arabic which is simply not true. It's like I say that English comes from french just because English borrowed many words from french. And I do not believe Swahili is 40% Arabic. That's a bit of a stretch
That family tree is a mess. Couldn't wrap my head around Sr having 2 more children with Kezia after moving back to Kenya with Ruth. I saw a meme many years ago that there's a memorial in South Carolina to a female slave that was an ancestor of Michelle, but I can't remember the name.
Remember, Muslims are allowed to have four wives, and he did all this in a few years, so it's not too hard to believe Obama Sr. had two families going at the same time in Kenya.
@@CallieMasters5000 hahaha i am a muslim and taking 4 wives/families is accepted as long as one can provide care for them all, Obama's father really didn't care for any it now seems (being not present during their childhood and physically abusing them)
@@thomasdixon4373 They did a video on presidential connections for Presidents’ Day, and they touched on this (and it’s not even the closest familial relationship between presidents…excluding direct paternal lines). TL;DR: TR and FDR are fifth cousins. Eleanor is TR’s niece (his brother’s daughter), and as such, she’s FDR’s fifth cousin once removed,
Thanks for this video. It’s interesting that when tracing Queen Charlotte, there’s controversy about if her race is black and they got stuck on “black” instead realizing it’s about lineage.
Barack is a cousin of mine. We are related through the Fitz Randolph tree and it goes back to Rollo the viking, VERY traceable. We have a castles and kings and queens.
@@christinavance1128 that’s not true at all. They just have to be a natural born citizen. Someone is a natural born citizen if they are born inside the US or if either of their parents is a US citizen, no matter where they are born.
This is such a great video! I never knew that President Obama had all of those siblings from his father! I always wondered why his sister who was his mother’s other child was never around throughout his Presidency. Have you done the family trees of other presidents?
She was around, but she doesn't live in DC. She lived in Hawaii with her husband and kids. How and why would she be hanging out in DC? When the Obamas went to Hawaii each year for their family vacations they would spend time with his sister and her family.
Let’s be honest. It probably wouldn’t matter what side his family was on, but if the media suspected that he wasn’t close to his family then negative press releases would be constant. That is not okay if it is over absolutely nothing. Family business should stay Family business regardless if it is a Democrat or a Republican politician.
I have found MyHeritage Trees to have errors in them as the users did guesswork on incorrect information put in to start off with (Garbage In , Garbage Out)
I agree that many MyHeritage trees have errors in them, and you need to double check any information they supply. However, I have my tree on MyHeritage, because I have generally found it to be cheaper than other similar services like Ancestry.
Hearing about President Obama’s background just makes me respect and admire him all the more seeing how alone he had to stand if not for Michelle being by his side. He’s an amazing man of such great achievements despite having so many familial issues that often ruin other people.
@ During Obama’s Presidency was the best stretch of my life, I will always love them, so many wonderful things were happening, and the “vibe” was all good. I’d say this Country peaked under him, the Obama-Biden Administration, then came the 😡 Antichrist thereafter and down we went. We gained 4 years of relief under Biden, but if the Beast returns, total destruction will follow. God bless you and guide you to safety.
I'd like to see a family tree for Emmanuel Acho. He's produced a lecture series called "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" about entrenched racism. Like Obama, he is not a descendant of slaves. He's a first-generation American, and the child of immigrants from Nigeria.
Already loved this channel for its quality and well-researched content. But that you did this video, noted that Michelle is an American Descendant of Slavery and educated a huge subscriber base on the ethnic distinctions between the former first couple blew away my expectations. Great work as always.
He has also a relation with Bratt Pitt, Queen Elizabeth of UK, president George W.Bush, Edwin Hickman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hinckley Angelina Joie, singer Madona and many others.
Exactly. Plus most of them were freemasons, so...yaaaah...theres a lot of intrigue and manipulation when it comes ot politics in our world and hisotry, as we all no doubt would agree. I hate it T
Always thought Obama’s father was Frank Marshall Davis. The Kenya guy didn’t give his seed just his name. If you make a video make sure you get it right.
Shouldn't Jacob Singletary Dunham be Jonathan Singletary Dunham? Also, he may or may not be a Dunham. His father was Singletary and his mother was Cooke, but he may be the child of Singletary's earlier wife whose last name was Dunham.
Barack Obama's mother's given ame is Stanley Ann Dunham. Named after her father, Stanley Dunham. Therefore, she preferred to go by her middle name of Ann.
Thank you for an interesting video which has led me to find out former President Barack Obama is my 9th Cousin twice removed. Might be more connections with the Cook, Rolfe, Kearney, Allred sides. Genealogy is so interesting. Thanks again. I love the posters I bought. Hugs!
Because it's not that remarkable. Many white Americans have a small percentage of ancestors who were enslaved individuals. That doesn't make them American Descendents of Slavery.
@@UsefulCharts It literally does my guy. This is literally like saying that having your ancestor from way back being Edward the III doesn't make you a descendent of Edward the III. What are you talking about? If My ancestor(s) were black enslaved men, I am a descendent of slavery. Might want to recheck your narrative
The husband of Obama’s sister is a Canadian of Malaysian Chinese descent whose family emigrated to Canada. A truly diverse family of various ethnicities, countries and religions.
Very Interesting. Nice video. My mom always loved Obama but didn't know why. Know I think I know. My Heritage is an interesting website too. I always find obscure records there. And I found family from Australia too. Hilarious.
SOEKARNO is the first president of Republic Indonesia. the proclamator president is inspiring indonesian young generation nowaday. Do you have his Family Tree, Please?
Couple ideas * April Fools 2022: A video on the Simpsons family, treating the whole thing as serious while also figuring out how to tackle the floating timeline * Serious: The Clintons
@UsefulCharts, somewhere a while back, I got confused with Obama's maternal patrilineal line. I read somewhere his mom's surname would have been Bunch, which originally was Punch, via a freed or escaped African slave who married White, whose descendants also did so, leading to today, where there are thousands of Bunches who have an African Y haplogroup, but who are otherwise almost or are entirely European genetically. How did this story come into the story of Obama's maternal grandfather's line? I assume your scholarship is better than whoever shared that story. Obviously none of this matters in any real sense of things that racists would care about. As a genealogist, I just find stories of blending fascinating.
I just watch a video on the man that did the search on that. With bunch being punch. He did say he’s just assuming and it’s not proven. It was a video on I think abc if you’d like to search it
Oddly I am distantly related to Obama through his Dunham side but both he and I are considered African Americans. I am related through his mother’s paternal side his 8 th cousin. His mother’s paternal side is full of presidents. It’s true🤔 most presidents are related. I am related to 4 presidents through our shared paternal ancestry!
@@UsefulCharts well, I think it's cool that you give credits to one of those many emerging (and promising) african scripts. There was a moment when I was fascinated by that topic.
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Have you done one on Kamala Harris yet?
Yup. th-cam.com/video/8qF-IvSqxdE/w-d-xo.html
@0:01 I am here and back to give some nightmares at @UsefulCharts once again. He better have made a detailled map of Obama's patrilineal lineage.
Edit (yeah, so soon!) : @1:56 the name of this body of water is now (and has always been) officially *Lake Nyanza (or Nyanza)* . Not *Victoria.* We are not great fans of colonial names in most African countries.
Second Edit: @2:28 Not forcibky an erroneum, but Baraka rathers refers to its Swahili meaning (which is exactly the same in Arabic) . Obama is a princely Luo surname - as Luo people dwelling east of Nyanza doesn't have a monarchical system of kinglets and united kingdoms, but rather of Principalities and High Chieftainships. Well, I disgress-- - which means "Fiery Celestial Javelin" and holds homonymous kinship to various Central African royals from the Great Lakes region/Central Northeast Africa and the Congo basin, such as the Ilunga/Olenga Dynasty sho reigned over the Kingdom of Anzicana and some of his fiefdoms from early 14th century AD to its dissolution by colonial European powers around 1885-1891; and many others via intermarriages between Nilotic headships and other royals in Middle African, as well as a common royal BaChwezi heritage between Obama's patrilineal lineage and various Central African royalties dating back to the Chwezi Dynasty of the Kitara Empire (c. 630 AD - early 14th century AD) . Thus, Baraka Obama roughly means _"Holy Fiery Javelin Descending From Heaven"_ , a very powerful naming laden with ancestral mystical significance in Africa.
At last, I see that you've stopped the genealogical tree of Obama's paternal line to his grandparents. Bery dissapointing. We can literally trace Obama's patrilineal ancestry back to his 8th great-grandfather 16th century Nyanza Acholi princeling and warlord Owinyi Rac Koma / Owinyi Ramogi of the Nyanza region (c. 1544 - c.1571) ; foremost founding headship of the Kenyan Luos east of Nyanza, son of Sigoma, son of Rukidi Rugwe/Mwiru & Princess Nyatooro, daughter of Princr Nyabongo, descendant of the princeling Olimi I of the Banyoro-Kitara, descendant of Rukidi I / Labongo who founded in 14th century the petty mixed Luo/Acholi/Chollo-and-Chwezi-descended kingdom of Banyoro-Kitara (14th century-late 19th century) which succeeded to the fallen Kitara Empire after overthrowing their Chwezi/Hima overlords. Obama's paternal heritage is very ancient and renowmed in Africa: we can trace his paternal origins not just to the Kenyan plains and hill-lands east of the Nyanza Lake, but also to the Kitara region, eastern DRC, the Nilotes of South Sudan and the Nuba Mountains, the Nobataes of Roman antiquity, the triumvirate of Christian Nubian kingdoms in present-day Sudan, ancient Kush, the Aksumite Kingdom/Abyssinia via the Jewish (later Christian) Aksumite kings of Adulis and Aksum in late 3rd century AD and 9th century AD Pagan-Jewish Empress Gudit alike (after their nation conquerred the Great Lakes region and East Africa twice over the 1st Millenium AD) , the Ethiopian Macrobian overrulers of the Azanian Empire in Hellenistic then Roman Antiquity, the Bagratidae Dynasty of 9th century Georgia and the South Caucasus region (via a second marriage between Gudit and a foreign "Syrian" or Georgian Christian prince) , Near Eastern royals of Antiquity and the early Middle Ages (including the Davidic Exilarchate) , the Hellenistic kingdoms, ancient Rome, ancient Numidia; and at last but not to say the least Pharaonic Egypt (thrice, via both his distant Upper Nile Chollo, Chwezi and Abyssinian-Bagratid heritage) , and moreso Puntite royalty dating back to the legendary tribal Anu Dynasty (Imanujela or Ba-Tembuzi Dynasty for others) of African prehistory, whom the latter legendary Anu-domineered House of Keb/Geb (fabled dynastic tribe whom the God Osiris and his brethren belonged to, in Egyptian mythology) was spawned forth.
"University of Southern California"
You forgot Obama’s mother’s Dutch ancestry, with the line that goes through Djirksie Meyer and Enoch M Vreeland.
My line also goes through the above two individuals, but that’s where it splits, as I’m a descendant of Enoch Vreeland and then his daughter, Eve, or Effie, or Effje. Different documents have her name spelled differently, but it’s clear she married a fellow name Anthony Maxwell. They had several children, Maria, who died as a small child, William, my ancestor, dying in the revolution, Cornelius Maxwell, a messenger to Congress and married Ruth Dunn, Enoch Maxwell, who served in the NY Militia, his likely twin sister, Mary Van Horn Maxwell, and Anthony Maxwell who served in Malcolm’s regiment and likely was part of the Battle of Trenton and Married eve Platner, and Eve Maxwell, who married into the Cronin family.
William had a young son around the time the revolution broke out named Joseph. Then Joseph had a son named Anthony who may have been an explorer in and around the time of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. He possibly explored Glacier National park. His son, Joseph competed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show against Annie Oakley. His son William, worked on the railroad, and his son Robert, served in WAII.
"Former President Obama's half brother is an internet troll" is not what I expected on this fine day.
Was going to like but didn't want to mess up the nice number
Every president has that one family member or in-law that makes a public embarrassment of themselves during their administration. Jimmy Carter had his brother, Billy. Bill Clinton had his two brothers-in-law. Barak Obama has Malik. Although, Malik didn't take off until later.
He's amazing. Outing his corrupt CIA bush family bred puppet.
And an orange slime supporter to boot.
@@austinhuntington4266 you can like now
The name “Barack” comes from the Arabic name “Mubarak”, which is cognate to the Hebrew name “Baruch”. All of the names translate to “blessed”. Both names are also cognate to the Latin name “Benedictus”, commonly shortened to “Benedict”. So technically, Barack Obama, Baruch Spinoza, and Benedict Cumberbatch all have first names meaning the same thing.
Wow this just openend my mind.
This is the kind of funfact I read the comments for! 😁
I don't think "barack" and "baruch" are related to benedict although they're related to each other). Benedict comes from the Latin "bene" (well) and "dictus" (said or spoken), which also means "blessed" but its minor similarity to the two related Semitic words (baruch and barack) is a coincidence.
So we had a president that had the name Benedict.
Neat.
And yet he's totally evil... so odd.
Ruth Baker - Mrs. Ndesandjo - ran the kindergarten that my siblings and I went to. She was a lovely lady.
Obama Sr. Used to bear her severely. That’s why she left.
I'm Kenyan and I come from the tribe of Obama senior ( obama's dad) called Luo, Obama is a luo name. In our Luo tribe, ladies' names start with letter A( you can see from my second name, Akinyi) and Men's name starts with the letter O. The names have meanings depending on the time, place, and the event that took place at the time of your birth. 😊
They've taken out son,tell them that in Africa a male child belong to the father 😂😂
It's also a Cameroonian name from the Beti tribe but i don't know the meaning i also know they also Share the name Djomo with Some Kenyan Tribes
Me too ! Cheers
The idea that Stanley Ann Dunham was pregnant by a Kenyan was a lie and the truth is that a married friend of her parents was the father of her unborn son. He was 54 years old and a notorious Communist named Frank Marshall Davis. He served as his son's mentor after Ann and Barry Soetoro returned to Hawaii from Indonesia.
That is a really cool fact! I love the individuality of knowing that no one else is going to have the exact same name, due to the circumstance of time, place and events of a baby's birth! It's beautiful! I think we need more of this in the world!
Damn, Obamas dad really got around
Three to five baby daddies is pretty standard I would say.
With all those CIA ties, of course he did
@@gnome2024 in this case it's baby mommies since it was the father who had 4 wives.
@@ChatGPT1111 well i believe he didnt marry every single one of them
he was muslim so he was allowed by his religion to have 4 wives / lovers
i do thank you for the vindication; i clearly remember back around 2011 when President Obama made a state visit to Ireland i mentioned to some coworkers, he indeed visited his ancestorial village and everyone thought i was an idiot, soon after i realize they did not know he was bi-racial something i assumed everyone knew
Since he does not claim his white side, it would be reasonable to not know he had any relations in Ireland.
@@beareeves4923 i have to disagree with the term reasonable, i was around in 2008 and i do remember the news coverage of the campaign and there was talk about him being bi-racial
@@beareeves4923 the American media makes sure of that, as well. I agree with your assessment.
@@beareeves4923 what does that even mean “claim his white side?” Has ever denied the existence of his mother and grandparents in his life? No. He is an African American with a White mother. Your comment is hideously inaccurate and just plain wrong.
@@beareeves4923 So, because you are ignorant of the fact you claim he did not acknowledge them? Clearly you haven't been paying attention. He has always acknowledged them. But that point would be counter to your I'll informed opinion. Smh
I’ve just recently stumbled onto this channel and now I’m binging on the videos. We’re currently untangling our own family’s tree branches. We’ve uncovered some interesting stuff. We are descendants of Daniel Boone but we’re originally from Scotland. These charts here are fascinating.
welcome to the Useful Charts fan club :) , Matt and crew are very good at what they do. This is one of the channels that kept me occupied during the pandemic.
@@turingmachine4617 Same
On my mother's side, we are descendants of his wife Rebecca's sister...not sure if it was her sister Martha, or when her father married a second time, if he had children with his second wife. If it was with her sister Martha, then we would be some form of cousins, if so...hello cousin!
His family tree is complex beyond comprehension.😊
I am confused I thought Barry Obama biological Father's name was Frank Marshall Davis, but Obama past history never cease to amaze me!!!
Someone got it right. They could be twins...
Maybe his mom didn't know who the real father was. Obama Sr could have multiple wives, so he didn't care.
Finally, we know Obama’s last name
It looks like in Kenya some people took their fathers first name as a last name so yeah thats where Obama comes from - like my last name, Johnson (apparently I had an ancestor named John sometime in the 16th century.)
@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh its nice to meet you, john obama
@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh alright, now we need to find someone called Obama Obama
@@RealJeep was he adopted by his stepfather?
@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh No, he wasn't.
I believe in 2012, Ancestry did a report on Barack Obama’s ancestry focusing on his mother family. It was about 50 pages long and included information about his mother likely having an ancestor named John Punch. They also included that a male relative of his mother with the last name Bunch had done a DNA test that confirmed the relative’s Y-chromosome was of West African origin and matched close enough to descendants of John Punch to suggest a strong likelihood of shared ancestry in the direct male line. John Punch was an enslaved man in Colonial Virginia who married a white woman prior to the passage of an “anti-miscegenation” law in the 1660s and they had children who took their legal status from their mother (partus sequitur ventrem) making them free people of color. Their children also became slave holders themselves and had interracial marriages. Today a large number of their descendants are white and many probably aren’t aware of their African ancestry. While it isn’t 100% certain, it is noteworthy that his white mother is very likely a descendant of an enslaved African man and had been described as the first official enslaved African slave in the 13 colonies, at least that can be documented in official legal documents.
I was surprised that that connection was not mentioned in the video. I also am allegedly descended from tne same enslaved man. Unfortunately, I have no proof beyond internet geneaology sites.
I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned as well but I understand why it wouldn’t be on the chart if it hasn’t been proven through documentation. I am a male line descendant of John Punch. It’s an interesting bit of history that illustrates how the colonial history of America wasn’t as cut and dry as we are taught. People make history and people are complex and multidimensional.
I was surprised also. I am a descendent of the bunch family and thought that would be mentioned .
I found a link to John Punch as well. I thought it was so interesting.
I'm related to this line as well. I came here to see if this was in the comments yet.
How Obama senior landed in the USA is interesting
His Cousin (died last week and will be buried ⚰ next Friday 23/12/2022) had the scholarship handed over to him by the missionaries.
The mother of the cousin was ill and she didn't want the son to go to the USA
When Obama senior learnt that his cousin has declined to go to the US.. He approached him if he can give him his chance
The Cousin took him to the missionaries and pleaded with them to allow Obama senior take his chance
That's how Obama senior got the ticket 🎫 to USA 🇺🇸
The cousin will be buried in Seme Ratta Village in Kenya next Friday.
How did he get a Becky?
@@hen5526 he had rizz ofc
I saw Barrack Obama say he was born in Kenya and I saw a picture of his Hawaiian birth certificate. The problem is, the hospital named on his Hawaiian birth certificate was not built until,2 years AFTER Barrack was born! Therefore he was an ILLEGITIMATE president!
Stop lying. He was part of a scholarship airlift organised by the late Tom Mboya RIP.
@@nairobichik Do you have receipts for the Airlift or just believing in mainstream narrative. You can visit the Family and confirm
I am a 4th cousin to Mr Obama and just found that out this year after 51 years of life thanks to MyHeritage !
I’m sorry to hear
Poor you, I wouldn’t brag about that.
Sorry for you
@@richardloostburg2637 ikr. Imagine being related to a black man
@@goldcoastlady5377 Why would you be sorry
I'm glad you distinguished that Barack Obama is not a Foundational Black American/ American Freedmen.
I’m related to Obama on both sides of my family: The Punch/Bunch line on my dad’s side and the Browning line on my mom’s side. We are 9th and 10th cousins.
Interesting one of my high school teachers was a distant cousin of Obamas through his Irish side and would brag abt it every chance he got
@@sorangjung8140 some people get very excited about finding a famous relative and will talk about it for years. Where I live many are related to someone from the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud and we have a few people that can’t pass up the opportunity to tell everyone.
Fun fact: Auma Obama was on last year's season of Let's Dance, the German variant of Dancing with the Stars.
I thought Auma lived in Germany
This really is a useful chart! I knew the Obama family tree was complicated but I had no idea the details! You presented it very clearly.
I would love to see genealogies based on the writings of Tolkien :)
It's in The Silmarillion.
But I want to see nice fancy charts made by UsefulCharts. That is the whole point of the channel.
@@centimarsiosolas6971 W
So many videos! First the Reddit one, and now this!
Shhhhh. That's a secret :)
You only discussed Ann's father's side of her family. Her mother had more than just English ancestry. Her ancestors were diverse: English, Irish, Scottish, German, French and some other European groups I may not be aware of. She was a descendant of an African(s) who were enslaved in the US. Further the family also has trace or very small amounts of Indigenous American from what is now a likely extinct tribe from the Eastern US. Her ancestors also would have had some Jewish and or Arabic ancestry.
Ann was my 4th cousin which would have made former President Obana my 5th cousin.
His African family is not the only ones to have experienced poverty. His American cousins on his mom's side also experienced it here in the US including a few who were actually homeless. Such is life.
He is your 4th cousin, once removed.
Here’s a good suggestion:
“Who’s the best claim to become Emperor of Mexico”. There could be a case for Moctezuma’s descendants, one of the Hasbourgs, or a relative of Iturbide.
Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide (Maximiliano II), great-great-great-grandson of Agustin I.
@john tower 🤮
There has been someone of Basque descent sitting in house in Mexico since Max million 230 or so years ago
I wasn’t expecting such a spicy story tho
I feel like everyone has pretty crazy (slightly messed up) family stories 🤣😭😭
My gramma did our family tree lineage about 20 years ago when it was much harder to find answers. We've got traced back as far as 800 AD (yes you read that correctly, 800), and then she decided that was enough.
This video was fascinating to me. Thanks!!
wow, do you have any tips?
Where are you from ? Precisely … because it is very doubtful she can go back so far, even in Europe, except for royalty. No offense but sounds like family legend.
@@sebastienh1100 Well seeing as I have printouts of the information she has found it isn't exactly "family legend" and I will tell you I am from Canada, myself, but my full, extended family is on every continent on Earth, minus Antarctica.
@@bladesausteel - I don’t understand what you are trying to say. My simple question is, when you say you go back to 800 AD, in which country is it? I suppose if you are from Canada it must be in Europe - which country and region in Europe? If you cannot answer that, it is a problem.
@@sebastienh1100 I'm sorry, I interpreted your question as "where am I myself from."
My gramma has found people throughout what is now England and Scotland, and there are even relatives from France.
I am about 50 generations removed from some medieval kings. But if you're from England, everyone is distantly related to a king or queen.
At 7:51, Matt said “step-sister,” but I think “half-sister” was meant
And at 9:31, said “University of South California,” but probably meant “University of Southern California”
I also noticed the "step-sister" mistake.
University of "South" California loooooool
I knew Kezia Obama very well and was saddened to hear of her passing last year. I used to enjoy our chats about Kenya and routinely spoke of back home. Her final years were full of pain. My god of mercy on her soul.
3:04 I noticed the Luo Script being used for the Obama surname🙌🏾
I found him
Barak Subud Indonesian
Not that it matters for your purposes.
Search that man’s image.
So informative and polite ... good job thank u!
Shout out from South Africa. I love your channel and was fascinated by the work you did on the Zulu people. When you have time could you please make a video on Xhosa people. I'm from the same clan as Nelson Mandela and I assume he could be a good place to start.
A video about Trevor Noah would be pretty cool!
It's been merely a few minutes but the video already has hundreds of views!
Where's Ryan Gosling in the Obama tree?
I literally got shocked when he said “Otaino” instead of Otieno
It's very interesting that they made a big fuss about him being Irish on his mothers side. Yet conveniently never mentioned the fact that he is actually of direct English descent on her side.
Hey there, you made a mistake at 7:54. Maya is his HALF sister not his STEP sister. You got it right a few minutes before that. But somehow messed up there.
The name Barack originates from swahili, which is one of the most spoken languages in Kenya 🇰🇪 . In the swahili language, the name is " Baracka " which means Benediction .
It's so painful to know that between the years of 1500 and 1850 many of us AAs do not know who the people are. We even know what tribes we descend from but we just don't know how.
"I didn’t really know my father-he left my mother and me when I was two years old, and only traveled from Kenya to visit us once, when I was ten. That trip was the first and last I saw of him; after that, I heard from him only through the occasional letter, written on thin blue airmail paper that was preprinted to fold and address without an envelope.
His short visit had a profound impact on my life. My father gave me my first basketball and introduced me to jazz. But for the most part, the visit left me with more questions than it answered, and I knew I would have to figure out how to be a man on my own."
Then he is lecturing blacks on how to vote ?
FACT: Obama is a biracial who was raised by white mother, white grandparents and Indonesia step father.
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Would love to see a video on the family tree of Joseph Smith, the head of the LDS church would be a great tree to talk about.
At first I read LSD church and was like what, they made a religion out of this?
Joseph Smith Jr. is not the head anymore. He died in 1844. He was followed by Joseph Smith III, who was president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now known as Community of Christ), who was in turn followed and succeeded by his three sons: Frederick M. Smith, Israel A. Smith, and William Wallace Smith, the last of whom was succeeded by his son Wallace B. Smith.
LOL bro I can confirm that tree will have way over 30,000 modern day relatives. I can say that cause my great great great grandparent was Parley P Pratt and trust me it's a lengthy list of relatives.
Maybe where Joseph came from and going up the tree not down. That’s way too much
I went to a business conference in Nairobi in 2015, just prior to a visit there by President Obama. There were billboards and the local news, etc., discussing how they were going to welcome Obama "home" for a visit. So, I was in a cab one day during my stay there, and I began to relate how my family had some Dunham relations and Obama could very well be related to me (just conjecture on my part). Now, this Kenyan cab driver is looking at me, a very white American dude, who is telling him about possibly being related to Obama. The cognitive dissonance just slowly erased his grin from one side of his face to the other. He was, shall we say, confused.
Did the taxi driver not know that Obama is Mixed Race?
@@darthwatson8274 I don't think so. The folks over there just looked at the name and saw "Kenyan." And maybe they didn't much care who his mother is.
@@johnalden5821 Wait till they find out that Obama is related to George Bush and Oprah is related to Elvis.
Obama is related to every President from himself all the way to George Washington on his mother’s side.
You did not mention Michelle's brother. Based on a speech from Barak Obama in the Canadian Parliament 2016 before leaving office, Michelle's brother lives in Canada.
He's a basketball coach: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)
I meant to say something about him but totally forgot!
Search for Barack’s address at Canadian Parliament in 2016 ; he mentions that he visits « my brother in Law » who lives in Burlington, Ontario .
@@samsousayt again it’s because he’s a basketball coach. He still has a hone in Chicago (where he’s from) but it makes more sense to have a place near where he works. Stop reaching
*Incoming Obama last name memes
Ok
His last name is Biden. Just look at the 2008 campaign posters, they all say “Obama Biden.”
....frick I literally actually did it before scrolling down. I salute you sir.
How did people not know Obama is his the surname and Barack is his forename?
Obama’s last name is “care” everyone knows
Barack is also from the Swahili word "baraka" which means blessings. Swahili is Kenya's native language and it makes sense that Obama Sr. derived the name from his local dialect. Worth noting is that Swahili evolved from Arabic and in fact, many words are shared between the two languages. Examples: Salam aleikum (Swahili), salaam a’leikum (Arabic), Karibu (Swahili) and qareeb (Arabic), Salama (Swahili), Salaam (Arabic), halali (Swahili), halaal (Arabic), hasara (Swahili), khasaarah (Arabic), etc. So there's debate whether Barack came from the Swahili local dialect spoken by his father or Arabic since he had converted to Islam or both
Swahili did not evolve from Arabic, it is a Bantu language that borrowed words from Arabic. Also while Swahili is now spoken throughout the county today as a lingua Franca, it is only natively spoken by the people of the east costal regions, the opposite end of the country from where Obama’s family is from.
@@thomaspatterson1789 Obama's family is from the western side of the country around lake victoria. They are river-lake nilotes. The Luo tribe. Also, although linguistically categorised as a Bantu language, Swahili developed historically by borrowing a number of words from foreign languages, particularly Arabic. That's why I said it evolved from Arabic. Maybe I should have used a different word, but English is not my first language. Swahili is. Per Wikipedia, around 40% of the Swahili vocabulary consists of Arabic loanwords, including the name of the language itself (سَوَاحِلي sawāḥilī) meaning 'of the coast'. Swahili is predominantly spoken in Kenya and Tanzania and is no longer native ONLY to the coastal region or bantu communities. Many speakers esp those in urban areas speak Swahili as their mother-tongue. Kenya and Tanzania national anthems are in Swahili. I grew up speaking the language myself and am not a bantu or from the coast but it is my native/first language.
But you said Swahili comes from Arabic which is simply not true. It's like I say that English comes from french just because English borrowed many words from french. And I do not believe Swahili is 40% Arabic. That's a bit of a stretch
That Lolo Soetoro guys sounds interesting. What do we know about him?
That family tree is a mess. Couldn't wrap my head around Sr having 2 more children with Kezia after moving back to Kenya with Ruth. I saw a meme many years ago that there's a memorial in South Carolina to a female slave that was an ancestor of Michelle, but I can't remember the name.
Most family trees are a mess. Most families are messy.
Having looked at a great many family trees I can say with confidence that messy family trees are common.
Remember, Muslims are allowed to have four wives, and he did all this in a few years, so it's not too hard to believe Obama Sr. had two families going at the same time in Kenya.
Her name is Melvinia Shields
@@CallieMasters5000 hahaha i am a muslim and taking 4 wives/families is accepted as long as one can provide care for them all, Obama's father really didn't care for any it now seems (being not present during their childhood and physically abusing them)
Wow I had no idea Obama had so many half siblings! This was interesting. Thanks!
African father 😂😂😂
@@sebastienh1100 Means nothing. European fathers have more kids around the globe on their "business trips" or "boy's Holidays"
@@henryemele3147 failing birth rates in Europe and NorthAmerica would like to dissagree
Could you do a video of Political dynasties or families?
Some of their trees are on familysearch.
@@sr2291 familysearch?
Yes! A Family tree of the roosevelts would be fascinating
@@boopdino8053 especially to see how Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are all connected
@@thomasdixon4373 They did a video on presidential connections for Presidents’ Day, and they touched on this (and it’s not even the closest familial relationship between presidents…excluding direct paternal lines). TL;DR: TR and FDR are fifth cousins. Eleanor is TR’s niece (his brother’s daughter), and as such, she’s FDR’s fifth cousin once removed,
The Obama Sr was close to my father. The original names of Malik and Auma are Roy and Rita .
Thanks for this video. It’s interesting that when tracing Queen Charlotte, there’s controversy about if her race is black and they got stuck on “black” instead realizing it’s about lineage.
Lol, and she was hardly black. They have no idea what exactly her 15 great grandmother was exactly. It was a very mixed area.
"who your great-grandparents are, as well as your great grandparents"
what's next, my great-grandparents?
Barack is a cousin of mine. We are related through the Fitz Randolph tree and it goes back to Rollo the viking, VERY traceable. We have a castles and kings and queens.
i love these family tree videos. You got to do one on the Rock and his family. Crazy how many samoan wrestlers come out of that 1 lineage.
Love the inclusion of the birth certificate.
I thought that was hilarious 😂 already anticipating certain triggered individuals
And it really wouldn't matter anyway with a mother that was an American citizen.
Meh, Republicans will still think it is fake.
@@ChatGPT1111 unless you look at the constitution and it says both parents have to be US citizens for someone to run as president
@@christinavance1128 that’s not true at all. They just have to be a natural born citizen. Someone is a natural born citizen if they are born inside the US or if either of their parents is a US citizen, no matter where they are born.
This is such a great video! I never knew that President Obama had all of those siblings from his father! I always wondered why his sister who was his mother’s other child was never around throughout his Presidency. Have you done the family trees of other presidents?
She was around, but she doesn't live in DC. She lived in Hawaii with her husband and kids. How and why would she be hanging out in DC? When the Obamas went to Hawaii each year for their family vacations they would spend time with his sister and her family.
Let’s be honest. It probably wouldn’t matter what side his family was on, but if the media suspected that he wasn’t close to his family then negative press releases would be constant. That is not okay if it is over absolutely nothing. Family business should stay Family business regardless if it is a Democrat or a Republican politician.
I have found MyHeritage Trees to have errors in them as the users did guesswork on incorrect information put in to start off with (Garbage In , Garbage Out)
Like anything, it’s just a starting point. You need to verify.
I agree that many MyHeritage trees have errors in them, and you need to double check any information they supply. However, I have my tree on MyHeritage, because I have generally found it to be cheaper than other similar services like Ancestry.
Hearing about President Obama’s background just makes me respect and admire him all the more seeing how alone he had to stand if not for Michelle being by his side. He’s an amazing man of such great achievements despite having so many familial issues that often ruin other people.
Thank you. Its nice to see one non racist comment. I agree with you. I admire Obama.
@ During Obama’s Presidency was the best stretch of my life, I will always love them, so many wonderful things were happening, and the “vibe” was all good. I’d say this Country peaked under him, the Obama-Biden Administration, then came the 😡 Antichrist thereafter and down we went. We gained 4 years of relief under Biden, but if the Beast returns, total destruction will follow. God bless you and guide you to safety.
I'd like to see a family tree for Emmanuel Acho. He's produced a lecture series called "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" about entrenched racism. Like Obama, he is not a descendant of slaves. He's a first-generation American, and the child of immigrants from Nigeria.
Yeah hes annyoing
Nfl
Fascinating.
It would be ideal to see this depth prior to any presidential election.
Why?
Already loved this channel for its quality and well-researched content. But that you did this video, noted that Michelle is an American Descendant of Slavery and educated a huge subscriber base on the ethnic distinctions between the former first couple blew away my expectations.
Great work as always.
Thank you! I noticed, however, that this lineage is briefer than most you have shared for US Presidents.
Hi Matt! Please make a video on the succession or annexation of various Empires
He has also a relation with Bratt Pitt, Queen Elizabeth of UK, president George W.Bush, Edwin Hickman, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hinckley Angelina Joie, singer Madona and many others.
I hardly know my cousins, let alone my ancestors 😂
There's a slight inaccuracy. Rolla Charles Payne was the son of Della L Wolfley, not married to her. Rolla married Leona Belle McCurry.
Yet another prez with an ancestor that was a first generation settler in America. Interesting.
legit the founding fathers had the exact same thing
Exactly. Plus most of them were freemasons, so...yaaaah...theres a lot of intrigue and manipulation when it comes ot politics in our world and hisotry, as we all no doubt would agree. I hate it T
You should do “who would be king of Britain if oliver cromwell was crowned king”
Very interesting! Did not know much about Obama's siblings.
Forgot to mention Maya's husband Konrad Ng a Malaysian chinese born in canada. she had 1 kid with him.
yup! his parents are from Kudat and Sandakan, Sabah
Always thought Obama’s father was Frank Marshall Davis. The Kenya guy didn’t give his seed just his name. If you make a video make sure you get it right.
kenya does not have tall people
Both parents from Kansas!!
lol you people are hilarious
Frank Marshall Davis was a “friend” of Obama’s grandparents in Hawaii as I understood it. Davis rather “tutored” Obama.
Maya isn’t his step sister, she’s his half sister. Not sure I can now trust you. 🤦♀️😳
You should do all the other presidents family trees
Ok? So where does King John Lackland stand? Is he Obama’s grandfather?
Shouldn't Jacob Singletary Dunham be Jonathan Singletary Dunham? Also, he may or may not be a Dunham. His father was Singletary and his mother was Cooke, but he may be the child of Singletary's earlier wife whose last name was Dunham.
Fun fact: I'm related to Obama through the Irish part of his mother's side. I'm pretty sure my mother said we were 5th or 6th cousins.
1:44 starts here
Very interesting! I learned something today! Thanks
What software do you use to create these charts?
Microsoft word
Barack Obama's mother's given ame is Stanley Ann Dunham. Named after her father, Stanley Dunham. Therefore, she preferred to go by her middle name of Ann.
Thank you for an interesting video which has led me to find out former President Barack Obama is my 9th Cousin twice removed. Might be more connections with the Cook, Rolfe, Kearney, Allred sides. Genealogy is so interesting. Thanks again. I love the posters I bought. Hugs!
You have my condolences
@@pskarnaq73 Your parents and ancestors have mine.
@@OldLady-um9kt not needed. As far as I know, I don't have a relative who killed America.... but thanks!
@@pskarnaq73 True, your linage is probably just peasants who made no impact: positive or negative.
@@yumad9830 even if that were true, it would be better than being a relative of B Hussein Obama
Could you do President Putin's Family tree... as some of us out here are curious about Russia's origin
I'm surprised you didn't reference Ancestry's reporting from 2012 that Obama is John Punch's 11th great-grandson. Any particular reason?
Because it's not that remarkable. Many white Americans have a small percentage of ancestors who were enslaved individuals. That doesn't make them American Descendents of Slavery.
@@UsefulCharts It literally does though?
@@UsefulCharts It literally does my guy. This is literally like saying that having your ancestor from way back being Edward the III doesn't make you a descendent of Edward the III. What are you talking about? If My ancestor(s) were black enslaved men, I am a descendent of slavery. Might want to recheck your narrative
@@UsefulCharts wat? I think you made a mistake in your comment
@@drmantistobogganmd7595 No. It doesn't. We're all basically related to Charlemagne too. Calm down, it's a youtube video.
The husband of Obama’s sister is a Canadian of Malaysian Chinese descent whose family emigrated to Canada. A truly diverse family of various ethnicities, countries and religions.
Very Interesting. Nice video. My mom always loved Obama but didn't know why. Know I think I know. My Heritage is an interesting website too. I always find obscure records there. And I found family from Australia too. Hilarious.
SOEKARNO is the first president of Republic Indonesia. the proclamator president is inspiring indonesian young generation nowaday. Do you have his Family Tree, Please?
When you haven't watched it yet...but you just know the comment section will be delicious 😋
Can you pls search family tree of Mark Rutte, vp from the Netherlands? Tyvm
Wow Obama senior really got around
Couple ideas
* April Fools 2022: A video on the Simpsons family, treating the whole thing as serious while also figuring out how to tackle the floating timeline
* Serious: The Clintons
@UsefulCharts, somewhere a while back, I got confused with Obama's maternal patrilineal line. I read somewhere his mom's surname would have been Bunch, which originally was Punch, via a freed or escaped African slave who married White, whose descendants also did so, leading to today, where there are thousands of Bunches who have an African Y haplogroup, but who are otherwise almost or are entirely European genetically. How did this story come into the story of Obama's maternal grandfather's line? I assume your scholarship is better than whoever shared that story. Obviously none of this matters in any real sense of things that racists would care about. As a genealogist, I just find stories of blending fascinating.
Punch/Bunch is on Obama's maternal grandmother's side
I just watch a video on the man that did the search on that. With bunch being punch. He did say he’s just assuming and it’s not proven. It was a video on I think abc if you’d like to search it
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I was hoping you'd go back to Sir Thomas Offley from the 1500s, who is a direct Ancestor of Both Obama and Margaret Thatcher
Which Thomas? William fathered two sons named Thomas, one by each wife, both named Elizabeth. Glad to see another person that dabbles in genealogy.
Obama Sr must have been an intelligent, charming person
Oddly I am distantly related to Obama through his Dunham side but both he and I are considered African Americans. I am related through his mother’s paternal side his 8 th cousin. His mother’s paternal side is full of presidents. It’s true🤔 most presidents are related. I am related to 4 presidents through our shared paternal ancestry!
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Where did Frank Marshall Davis come from? Can you do his genealogy chart?
By the way, what is the script you used for the native spelling of "Obama"? Which language(s) is it used for?
It's the Luo script used to write the Dholuo language. It's the script used by the tribes around Lake Victoria (where the Obamas originate).
@@UsefulCharts well, I think it's cool that you give credits to one of those many emerging (and promising) african scripts. There was a moment when I was fascinated by that topic.
Why is there no mention of MICHAEL Robinson anywhere here ....Asking for a friend.... 😏
What an interesting story, as usual, well done :-)
Obama’s half brother Mark is cute lol
You should do a video about the many famous connections of Zachary Taylor
Can you make a video about the most senior member of king David?
Obama Sr. seems like a very "responsible" man...
Yeah, he would get drunk and drive around in nations and get into wrecks. Kills someone in one, and lost a leg in another.
the apple didn't fall from the tree either.