Op-Ed: Obama's slave link

Tracing a line from the first black slave to the first black president.

“Two of the most historically significant African Americans in the history of our country are amazingly directly related,” declared genealogist Joseph Shumway. “John Punch was more than likely the genesis of legalized slavery in America. But after centuries of suffering, the Civil War and decades of civil rights efforts, his 11th great-grandson became the leader of the free world and the ultimate realization of the American dream.”

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   Crazy.

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    Does this mean his mom was part black?

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    This is actually probably more likely than people are thinking considering because how many Xth great grandsons does...

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