Further close Obama relatives discovered in Tipperary, Ireland

[CountAllVotes]

Two of President Obama's distant uncles have been found in Tipperary. Mr. President will be there on Monday and will be meeting up with them soon.

More/video here: http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0520/media-2962432.html#

:dem:

[Dennis Donovan]

1. O'Bama?

;-)

[Old and In the Way]

2. +1

:rofl:

[CountAllVotes]

4. your truly could be next

My relatives were from Tipperary and I happen to be related to the Donovan family as well. :wtf:

Perhaps I'm a distant Irish relation living here in the USA? :rofl:

I'm not an O'Bama however. ;)

:kick:

[mopinko]

9. my folks come from the same county.

called offaly now, but formerly kings county. i wonder when they came here.

[CountAllVotes]

12. Famine years?

That is when my family came here from Ireland as did many others. They came to New York and then around the Cape Horn they came to the west coast!

[kestrel91316]

10. I am one of many 7th cousins of President Obama via our common

Allred family line.

So is my assistant, who is also a 7th cousin of mine!

Gotta love those prolific Mormons.

[mopinko]

13. don't trust the mormon lists.

they are full of errors. get independent information.

[DURHAM D]

14. Amen - have been working on family tree.

I am using actual family records and checking against ancestry.wrong. Its largely a fantasy.

[CountAllVotes]

15. that is true

I have a cousin that has been working on my mother's side of the family long before there was an internet.

The info. she has and has actually written a book about doesn't match what ancestry.com has on my mother's family.

I'm no big fan of the Church of Latter Day Saints as they call themselves.

It is info. and how you care to interpret it is up to you. It is nice to have some facts to back your ideas up no doubt.

[DaveinMD]

11. It's a long way to Tipperary

sorry I couldn't resist.

[roguevalley]

18. mine are from Omagh, Tyrone but I love Tipperary. Cashel is

my favorite place and my mother's. The Rock of Cashel needs to be experienced.

[CatWoman]

6. that's pretty clever

:)

[Turbineguy]

3. At least he doesn't

have to travel like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pddW-HeHAwo

[Karenina]

5. Cuz on the right seems quite less than pleased.

:spray::rofl:

[Fumesucker]

7. It's a Long Way to Tipperary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary

[lunatica]

8. But... but.... are they muslim?

[NOLALady]

16. I really love genealogy.

It's a constant reminder of how we are all connected through our shared ancestors.

[AtomicKitten]

17. k&r

[Sanity Claws]

19. My father is from Tipperary

I wonder if we are related to O'Bama....
Maybe I'll get an invitation to the next Christmas party.