Very interesting read on First Lady's ancestry. Jim Robinson was

[monmouth]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/16/michelle.obama.slaveroots/index.html



her great-great grandfather. Sorta took my breath away...

[Contrary1]

1. The Freep King could be related to her...wouldn't that be something? n/t

[monmouth]

4. That jumped right out at me...n/t

[PA Democrat]

6. Many freed slaves took the last name of their former owners.

Wonder if Rim job's ancestors ever owned slaves?

[alsame]

2. That was very

poignant. The way they connected the little white shack and the White House just choked me up. Thanks for posting this.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. It sure was. What a great piece!

[malaise]

5. I watched this

Sure took my breath away.
K & R

[omega minimo]

7. Rec +10. Remarkable. Thank you for posting.

[aquart]

8. You think you know your own history, but if you don't ask, you know nothing.

Our grandparents went thru two world wars and the Depression. We don't really have a clue what their individual days were like.

I took a tape recorder and started asking my grandmother questions about five years before she died. I found out she used to spend weekends in jail in czarist Russia, visiting with her political prisoner father. Until she hit puberty and then he wouldn't let her visit overnight anymore. Who knew?