Monday, January 26, 2009
Genealogists have mathematically demonstrated how all Americans of European descent must be related to Charlemagne. In this regard, genealogists have established the exact lines of descent from Charlemagne for 14 U.S. Presidents. Two of these are President George W. Bush and his father President George H.W. Bush. Other Presidents whose descent from Charlemagne have been traced include: George Washington, Ulysses Grant, Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, and Gerald Ford. To demonstrate how we are all related, the New England Historical Society has researched the genealogy of Barack Obama and determined that on his mother's side he is related to six other previous presidents: George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, and James Madison. Presumably, if Barack Obama's ancestry on his mother's side could be traced far enough back, he also would be shown to be descended from Charlemagne. Meanwhile, on his father's side, we are all related to President Barack Obama since anthropologists have determined that all modern humans are descended from a common African ancestor.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Photograph of the inaugural swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States in front of the west wing of the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009 as the first African-American to be elected as a U.S. President.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009 before a crowd of over a million people to become the first African-American and first individual born in Hawaii to become President.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
PRESIDENTS WHOSE FATHERS DIED WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG - Barack Obama is the most recent U.S. President whose father died or left when he was young, with the consequence that he was primarily raised by his mother and grandparents. Other Presidents who were primarily raised by their mothers included: (1) President George Washington; (2) President Thomas Jefferson; (3) President Andrew Jackson; (4) President Andrew Johnson; (5) President Rutherford B. Hayes; (6) President James Garfield; (7) President Franklin D. Roosevelt; (8) President Gerald Ford; and (9) President Bill Clinton.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Above is a photograph of Barack Obama (second on left, top row) with his half-brother Malik Obama (third from left, top row), with his half-brother Abo Obama (second from right, top row), with his half-brother Bernard Obama (far right, top row), half-sister Auma (far left, front row), stepmother Kezia (second from left, front row), and step grandmother Sarah (second from right, front row).