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[@UsefulCharts]

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[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

Have you done one on Kamala Harris yet?

[@UsefulCharts]

Yup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqKpXnysiNarmqc

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

@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.

[@porsche911sbs]

"University of Southern California"

[@kevinmaxwell9539]

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.

[@LARKXHIN]

"Former President Obama's half brother is an internet troll" is not what I expected on this fine day.

[@austinhuntington4266]

Was going to like but didn't want to mess up the nice number

[@BrandonVout]

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.

[@survivaloftheconscious]

He's amazing. Outing his corrupt CIA bush family bred puppet.

[@mojo3453]

And an orange slime supporter to boot.

[@ihateroxy2.024]

@@austinhuntington4266 you can like now

[@crystalp7242]

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.

[@axolotl-guy9801]

Wow this just openend my mind.

[@zithira2848]

This is the kind of funfact I read the comments for! 😁

[@skellagyook]

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.

[@JamesHolmez]

So we had a president that had the name Benedict. Neat.

[@jan_phd]

And yet he's totally evil... so odd.

[@lucyakinyi5128]

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. 😊

[@vijananarutomovement7625]

They've taken out son,tell them that in Africa a male child belong to the father 😂😂

[@fred.y3890]

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

[@paulrozko4815]

Me too ! Cheers

[@leonardshevlin7260]

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.

[@kmpossible3233]

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!

[@MrAndywear]

Ruth Baker - Mrs. Ndesandjo - ran the kindergarten that my siblings and I went to. She was a lovely lady.

[@adamw8469]

Obama Sr. Used to bear her severely. That’s why she left.

[@TheRikkarikna]

Damn, Obamas dad really got around

[@gnome2024]

Three to five baby daddies is pretty standard I would say.

[@survivaloftheconscious]

With all those CIA ties, of course he did

[@ChatGPT1111]

@@gnome2024 in this case it's baby mommies since it was the father who had 4 wives.

[@shirleywang1973]

@@ChatGPT1111 well i believe he didnt marry every single one of them

[@reptile_loki]

he was muslim so he was allowed by his religion to have 4 wives / lovers

[@Lizablue0608]

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.

[@turingmachine4617]

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.

[@davidmilbourn6145]

@@turingmachine4617 Same

[@kmpossible3233]

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!

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

His family tree is complex beyond comprehension.😊

[@stpaley]

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]

Since he does not claim his white side, it would be reasonable to not know he had any relations in Ireland.

[@stpaley]

@@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

[@edwardcricchio6106]

@@beareeves4923 the American media makes sure of that, as well. I agree with your assessment.

[@ericboykin-hudler5031]

@@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.

[@caramelcandy5147]

@@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

[@ohitsstar1241]

Finally, we know Obama’s last name

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

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.)

[@ohitsstar1241]

@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh its nice to meet you, john obama

[@sheikchilli8670]

@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh alright, now we need to find someone called Obama Obama

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

@@RealJeep was he adopted by his stepfather?

[@lh384]

@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh No, he wasn't.

[@Winyah91]

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.

[@user-ix2zv8ry2p]

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.

[@Winyah91]

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.

[@tarahodges4573]

I was surprised also. I am a descendent of the bunch family and thought that would be mentioned .

[@WhitneysJourney]

I found a link to John Punch as well. I thought it was so interesting.

[@sillymamacita3854]

I'm related to this line as well. I came here to see if this was in the comments yet.

[@dineroaddict]

What’s crazy is that for the longest time I thought Obama was African-American and Hawaiian 😭 Just 1-2 years ago I found he wasn’t even African-American nor Hawaiian.

[@evatripp7788]

His father was from Africa & his mother was American. Doesn't that make him African American at least partially?

[@dineroaddict]

@@evatripp7788 No. The term ‘African-American’ only applies to black people who descend from chattel slavery/slaves in the United States. If we were to consider him to be an African-American, that would be contributing to the erasure of our ethnicity.

[@buteos8632]

@@dineroaddict What is eroding your ethnicity are african governments, what does it have to do with America? The slave trade never endangered your ethnicity, in fact it enriched a kingdom or two in West Africa boasting it's ethnicities. An african american is a born american with african ancestry, just as an european american. You have to be millennial to see racism everywhere! We are all descendants of slaves but the europeans were in deed one of the 1rst civilizations to abolish it and the marriage with 12 year old children.

[@bprince9663]

Well as buteos8632 below pointed out, Obama is and American of African and European decent. Specifically he is of Kenyan/Irish/English decent just as someone can be of German/ English/Italian decent, born in America. This is what makes America Great.

[@DDWax]

Who would have thought⁉️

[@centimarsiosolas6971]

I would love to see genealogies based on the writings of Tolkien :)

[@rogerstone3068]

It's in The Silmarillion.

[@centimarsiosolas6971]

But I want to see nice fancy charts made by UsefulCharts. That is the whole point of the channel.

[@2345mat]

​@@centimarsiosolas6971 W

[@yourev100]

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.

[@hen5526]

How did he get a Becky?

[@den4199]

@@hen5526 he had rizz ofc

[@myccream]

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!

[@nairobichik]

Stop lying. He was part of a scholarship airlift organised by the late Tom Mboya RIP.

[@yourev100]

@@nairobichik Do you have receipts for the Airlift or just believing in mainstream narrative. You can visit the Family and confirm

[@revertrevertz5438]

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.

[@UkrainePatr1ot]

Maximilian von Götzen-Iturbide (Maximiliano II), great-great-great-grandson of Agustin I.

[@revertrevertz5438]

@john tower 🤮

[@Agemus6139]

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.

[@Josh_Fredman]

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.

[@johnalden5821]

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.

[@darthwatson8274]

Did the taxi driver not know that Obama is Mixed Race?

[@johnalden5821]

@@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.

[@darthwatson8274]

@@johnalden5821 Wait till they find out that Obama is related to George Bush and Oprah is related to Elvis.

[@ldc3214]

Obama is related to every President from himself all the way to George Washington on his mother’s side.

[@Alfamale-xs4ev]

I am confused I thought Barry Obama biological Father's name was Frank Marshall Davis, but Obama past history never cease to amaze me!!!

[@vickiethompson9245]

Someone got it right. They could be twins...

[@jaronpirtle5508]

I'm glad you distinguished that Barack Obama is not a Foundational Black American/ American Freedmen.

[@rfan9340]

*Incoming Obama last name memes

[@SiriusSphynx]

Ok

[@justinc.5591]

His last name is Biden. Just look at the 2008 campaign posters, they all say “Obama Biden.”

[@samwill7259]

....frick I literally actually did it before scrolling down. I salute you sir.

[@modmaker7617]

How did people not know Obama is his the surname and Barack is his forename?

[@zfish1995]

Obama’s last name is “care” everyone knows

[@KimberlyADarling]

I found him Barak Subud Indonesian Not that it matters for your purposes. Search that man’s image.

[@AnthonyPatrick-kq8xt]

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.

[@maryallen9657]

kenya does not have tall people

[@vickiethompson9245]

Both parents from Kansas!!

[@meg4458]

lol you people are hilarious

[@MadnessOfMonkeys]

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”

[@vbrown6445]

I also noticed the "step-sister" mistake.

[@paulstewartkim]

University of "South" California loooooool

[@jensrettberg7968]

Fun fact: Auma Obama was on last year's season of Let's Dance, the German variant of Dancing with the Stars.

[@porsche911sbs]

I thought Auma lived in Germany

[@joannawright1114]

I am a 4th cousin to Mr Obama and just found that out this year after 51 years of life thanks to MyHeritage !

[@richardloostburg2637]

I’m sorry to hear

[@darlalove]

Poor you, I wouldn’t brag about that.

[@goldcoastlady5377]

Sorry for you

[@Samuelj762]

@@richardloostburg2637 ikr. Imagine being related to a black man

[@adriantsien1867]

@@goldcoastlady5377 Why would you be sorry

[@rebeccacanales]

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.

[@SandfordSmythe]

He is your 4th cousin, once removed.

[@SolarMechanic]

Love the inclusion of the birth certificate.

[@JeftaFastForward]

I thought that was hilarious 😂 already anticipating certain triggered individuals

[@ChatGPT1111]

And it really wouldn't matter anyway with a mother that was an American citizen.

[@DGoldy303]

Meh, Republicans will still think it is fake.

[@christinavance1128]

@@ChatGPT1111 unless you look at the constitution and it says both parents have to be US citizens for someone to run as president

[@aliensinnoh1]

@@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.

[@vampiregamingyt8754]

How so many people can be so mad at a president just because he's black is still unbelievable to me

[@gnome2024]

No one is mad thats hes black, its the things he did like drone strike innocent people every single day of his eight years in office. FWIW, Bush was no better killing innocent Iraqi's. These elites should get zero respect, they dont care about human lives including us.

[@huntgar]

I've never actually seen that complaint anywhere. Where did you see it, and who said it, so we can shame their racism?

[@vampiregamingyt8754]

@@huntgar well,anyone who tries to claim he wasn't born in America. Why not? Why would he not be considered born in America? Because his father was a black man from africa? Or maybe when they claimed he was the founder of isis. Or maybe the many assassination attempts, several which happened before he was president, could count as being race related. But I coils be wrong. Maybe.

[@survivaloftheconscious]

You make that up .. that's your programmed projection. Sad. You're a goner

[@survivaloftheconscious]

@@huntgar it's the media. Lololol

[@mikeross641]

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.

[@Emymagdalena]

I wasn’t expecting such a spicy story tho

[@truefalse934]

I feel like everyone has pretty crazy (slightly messed up) family stories 🤣😭😭

[@screwthenet]

Yet another prez with an ancestor that was a first generation settler in America. Interesting.

[@silas6740]

legit the founding fathers had the exact same thing

[@screwthenet]

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

[@loverrlee]

Wow I had no idea Obama had so many half siblings! This was interesting. Thanks!

[@sebastienh1100]

African father 😂😂😂

[@henryemele3147]

@@sebastienh1100 Means nothing. European fathers have more kids around the globe on their "business trips" or "boy's Holidays"

[@someguy4512]

@@henryemele3147 failing birth rates in Europe and NorthAmerica would like to dissagree

[@thomasdixon4373]

Could you do a video of Political dynasties or families?

[@sr2291]

Some of their trees are on familysearch.

[@thomasdixon4373]

@@sr2291 familysearch?

[@boopdino8053]

Yes! A Family tree of the roosevelts would be fascinating

[@thomasdixon4373]

@@boopdino8053 especially to see how Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt are all connected

[@cakt1991]

@@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,

[@slycat2355]

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?

[@vbrown6445]

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.

[@WrestleLuxury]

All the presidents are related, they all have Irish blood, expect Trump who has more British blood

[@ldc3214]

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.

[@tfh5575]

yes besides the fact that obama’s dad was a kenyan and not of the african-american ethnicity, the real reason obama isn’t the first black president is because his mother is white. first biracial president is remarkable still though for sure. he still made history

[@bladesausteel]

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!!

[@hae6u]

wow, do you have any tips?

[@sebastienh1100]

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.

[@bladesausteel]

@@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.

[@sebastienh1100]

@@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.

[@bladesausteel]

@@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.

[@spider46531]

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.

[@samsousayt]

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.

[@ChristopherPhan]

He's a basketball coach: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)

[@UsefulCharts]

I meant to say something about him but totally forgot!

[@samsousayt]

Search for Barack’s address at Canadian Parliament in 2016 ; he mentions that he visits « my brother in Law » who lives in Burlington, Ontario .

[@slford80]

@@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

[@fionassimbwa8805]

So informative and polite ... good job thank u!

[@MrAjayS99]

Why is there no mention of MICHAEL Robinson anywhere here ....Asking for a friend.... 😏

[@treyvlogs4471]

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.

[@dorderre]

At first I read LSD church and was like what, they made a religion out of this?

[@daviddon6751]

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.

[@theoc007]

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.

[@terarosen7909]

Maybe where Joseph came from and going up the tree not down. That’s way too much

[@mivuyonkabi5780]

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.

[@gateauxq4604]

A video about Trevor Noah would be pretty cool!

[@icyprincey]

I hardly know my cousins, let alone my ancestors 😂

[@Wayzor_]

Also.. Frump lost in 2020. Don't forget that.

[@GodEmperorEnjoyer]

No shit, it was two years ago. Get over it.

[@ruyfernandez]

So many videos! First the Reddit one, and now this!

[@UsefulCharts]

Shhhhh. That's a secret :)

[@sallieceelee5660]

Obama Sr. seems like a very "responsible" man...

[@whitemiasma5288]

Yeah, he would get drunk and drive around in nations and get into wrecks. Kills someone in one, and lost a leg in another.

[@bedlambikes]

the apple didn't fall from the tree either.

[@FRISHR]

Where's Ryan Gosling in the Obama tree?

[@therealaidenplayz7836]

I literally got shocked when he said “Otaino” instead of Otieno

[@jadenthomas1169]

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.

[@TheHomerowKeys]

Most family trees are a mess. Most families are messy.

[@TheDanEdwards]

Having looked at a great many family trees I can say with confidence that messy family trees are common.

[@CallieMasters5000]

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.

[@slford80]

Her name is Melvinia Shields

[@abcdefghijkl4391]

@@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)

[@thari_za]

3:04 I noticed the Luo Script being used for the Obama surname🙌🏾

[@nj3195]

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!

[@gervas_ke]

Cap🧢

[@theAverageJoe25]

Wow Obama senior really got around

[@dougshelton69]

Barry and big Mikes kids dont look like none of them...hmmmm?

[@lieutenantatrex]

obama lore

[@MarieAdventure]

I come here after watching Judge Joe Brown at PBD podcast. If you are as well, pls like this comment.

[@johnbrereton5229]

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.

[@rickychambers6184]

If you believe that ou will believe anything!!

[@TylerWoodz27]

Micheal LaVaughn Robinson (big Mike)

[@koffyolomide_mopao4350]

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 .

[@littlebrookreader949]

THEIR CHILDREN? REALLY? T H E I R CHILDREN?

[@jcran8352]

So, not a natural born U.S. citizen.

[@danmayne3458]

BARAK AND MICHAEL COULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN BEING BOTH MEN

[@AlexEs63]

🎉 That's where Anita & Paul Nesbitt come in ! Their true parents... poor girls are trained now.

[@silas6740]

bro is a schizo

[@TTSSYF23]

@4:54 photoshopped to hell

[@lukelee9994]

It's been merely a few minutes but the video already has hundreds of views!

[@Mydogpenny1970]

I share the same 9th great grandfather with Barack Obama ..William Teague .Can’t remember if it’s through the mother or father of Stanley Ann Dunham

[@D_B_N_Bass]

Believe it or not, but i did sone gegealogical research and I'm Barack Obama's 12th cousin

[@OldLady-um9kt]

I'm related to him as well. He is my 9th Cousin twice removed. So hello cousin !

[@D_B_N_Bass]

@@OldLady-um9kt cool

[@jerrilynhenson9024]

Maya isn’t his step sister, she’s his half sister. Not sure I can now trust you. 🤦‍♀️😳

[@glorianyambok7405]

The Obama Sr was close to my father. The original names of Malik and Auma are Roy and Rita .

[@redjirachi1]

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

[@anon5041]

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

[@thomaspatterson1789]

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.

[@anon5041]

@@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.

[@sabcam2000]

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

[@colt3529]

Dude writes a whole book about his father based on being around him for a month 🤣🤣🤣, shows how fake he really is! lol

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Have you even read it?

[@injunsun]

@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.

[@fomalhauto]

Punch/Bunch is on Obama's maternal grandmother's side

[@terarosen7909]

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

[@glhunt108]

Barry Sotoreo

[@highpath4776]

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)

[@ffotograffydd]

Like anything, it’s just a starting point. You need to verify.

[@briantowler971]

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.

[@KaiZeHero]

So Obama's great grandfather's first name is actually just Obama

[@redjoshman]

I'm surprised you didn't reference Ancestry's reporting from 2012 that Obama is John Punch's 11th great-grandson. Any particular reason?

[@UsefulCharts]

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.

[@drmantistobogganmd7595]

@@UsefulCharts It literally does though?

[@haxbritania5942]

@@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

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@UsefulCharts wat? I think you made a mistake in your comment

[@TheHomerowKeys]

@@drmantistobogganmd7595 No. It doesn't. We're all basically related to Charlemagne too. Calm down, it's a youtube video.

[@bobcharlie2337]

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.

[@AcmeRacing]

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.

[@EasilyCringed]

Yeah hes annyoing

[@fazediamond5671]

Nfl

[@ahmedcade5139]

What's Obama y dna ?

[@daver8521]

I wouldn't claim this s.o.b. as a relative!

[@Circuit7Active]

My dog marks that tree every day

[@omggiiirl2077]

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.

[@bbbrrrbbbrrr]

2:36 Hussein was one of Prophet Mohammed’s (may peace be upon him) grandchildren.

[@abc123fhdi]

HIs parents weren't born into slavery, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a victim of discrimination based on the color of his skin growing up. Nobody alive today has directly experienced slavery.

[@gnome2024]

Except for child sex trafficking which both parties seem to shy away from for some mysterious reason.

[@TheHomerowKeys]

You can argue Jim Crow policies are an extension of slavery of which many people alive today are directly affected by.

[@ffotograffydd]

Lot’s of people alive today have directly experienced slavery. Just not the thing Americans mean when they talk about slavery.

[@23eourytbn82]

The video never claimed he never experienced discrimination.

[@whitemiasma5288]

@@ffotograffydd SLAVERY IS LEGAL IN ISREAL TODAY!!!!

[@brendaburgner-williams8515]

Myheritage is complicated. My father is not my biological father. I do know the name of my biological father but my mother and him were never married. She cheated on my dad. I'm the result. I've gone back about five or six generations on my mother's side. My grandfather and my grandmother's side. But I never did my father's side my biological Father's side because I'm not sure of the correct spelling for his name. His name is Lloyd Bennett. That's all I know. I don't know his birthday. I don't know where he was born. I don't know where he was raised. All I know is his name. And getting a DNA test is out of the question. I can't afford one.

[@Felix-zo1ui]

I could be wrong but Lloyd Bennett is English name and very common in South Wales and very popular in Swansea area. Never give up try and check if there could be any geographical links probably somewhere they travelled to work or friends .He must be out there mybe also looking. I haven't see my only brother for 20 years.All I had was this photo with his friend name on it so I sent the photo randomly to people with similar names on Facebook and 1 person responded and said he knew him and told me the location and exact year 1998 .But now the trail has gone cold again and I hope something will come up one day. Wish you all the best.

[@xuedi]

What an interesting story, as usual, well done :-)

[@4115James]

Fake 😂😂😂😂 Michelle real name is Michael Robinson and he's a dude.

[@ralorpa]

Did I miss something through this video? Nothing about Barry Soetero or Johanna A'nee?

[@buteos8632]

This is a woke channel.

[@robinknowles4013]

God forbid, any mention of 'Mike'.​@@buteos8632

[@ddenisehughes2899]

He is gay. Michelle is Mike and kids aren't his.

[@thehapagirl92]

Obama’s half brother Mark is cute lol

[@Acornhat]

I legit did some research im his 8th cousin some how just how

[@cal8354]

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.

[@shannonrj78]

you keep saying "step" But its "half" all his siblings are his Half siblings..meaning they share a parent..step, meaning not blood related.

[@TheMaster1237]

What software do you use to create these charts?

[@hendrygmail4161]

Microsoft word

[@greg-v1g6y]

something don't smell right,in my opinion to many lies.

[@amistry605]

That's not Michelle, that's BIG MIKE

[@jm52995]

Typical black buying milk and never coming back

[@mwmheps]

Very interesting! Did not know much about Obama's siblings.

[@JesusRodriguez-nr8zc]

Can you make a video about the most senior member of king David?

[@rachels5741]

It's Michael; not Michelle.