One more reason to vote for Barack
Obama — who has seven half-brothers and half-sisters spread across more than 10,000 miles — has ancestors who were born in Kenya, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands, the Sun-Times found in an exhaustive look at the South Side Democratic presidential hopeful’s family history.
From the Chicago Sun-Times. The article also lists some sources to find your own roots. I have listed some Dutch sources before. Back then I went as far back as seven generations before me; today I have traced my roots ten generations back to ca. 1630. The Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum now also has an updated section on Erp (in Dutch). More on all of this soon.
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