Southern Heritage of the South – Confederate… (“Barack Obama Through his mother, related to Robert E. Lee”)

Barack Obama Through his mother, related to Robert E. Lee

Family Relationship of General Robert E. Lee Army of Northern Virginia

5th cousin 8 times removed to Barack Obama 44th U.S. President

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Barack Obama in an article in USA Today, says this about Robert E. Lee: Â

I am seriously glad to be here tonight at the annual Alfalfa dinner. I know that many you are aware that this dinner began almost one hundred years ago as a way to celebrate the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. If he were here with us tonight, the general would be 202 years old. And very confused.

There’s an interesting article at CNN.com about the genealogy of our presidential hopefuls.

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According to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sen. Barack Obama has family ties to: President George Bush, Winston Churchill, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, artist Georgia O’Keefe, actor Brad Pitt, Robert E. Lee and two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Brad Pitt’s mom in fear after slamming Obama

Jane Pitt, mother of actor Brad Pitt, has been scared into silence by the hate-filled, vulgar and even violent reaction to her public assertion that Barack Obama is “a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.”

White House Source: President Will Have to Vacate Oval Office Next Year

White House Source: President Will Have to Vacate Oval Office Next Year

Washingtonian ^ | 29 January 2012 | Carol Ross Joynt

Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:50:11 PM by bjorn14

Edited on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:53:16 PM by Admin Moderator. [history]

Planned renovation to the White House means the next president—whoever it is—may be displaced from the Oval Office for as long as a year.