The nation's first African-American president may be descended from America's first documented slave [View all]

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Source: USA Today .com

President Obama is traditionally viewed as an African-American because of his father's heritage in Kenya. However, while researching his Caucasian mother, Stanley Ann Dunham's lineage, Ancestry.com genealogists found her to have African heritage as well, which piqued the researchers' interest and inspired further digging into Obama's African-American roots.

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/07/obama-related-to-first-american-slave/1?csp=34news

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This is from Ancestory .com as reported by the USA Today news I think this is huge. I am proud to be an American in this kind of America.