Michelle Obama's Roots


The Family Tree of Michelle Obama, the First Lady
"The Family Tree of Michelle Obama,
the First Lady"


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From Megan's Blogs
  • May 18, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Michelle Obama's Roots: Dozens of Virginia Cousins" by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 20, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Michelle Obama's Roots: Proving Your Freedom (Over and Over Again)" by Megan Smolenyak
  • February 20, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Michelle Obama's Roots: "Colored Persons Cohabiting...on 27th February, 1866" by Megan Smolenyak
CBS Morning Show Interview - Megan's research on Michelle Obama's roots
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Megan's research on Michelle Obama's roots
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Michelle Obama's roots
Michelle Obama's Roots
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Articles
  • May 18, 2010 - Martinsville Bulletin - "First lady's family tree has deep roots in Henry County" by Eliza Winston
  • May 18, 2010 - ABC TV Local News - "First Lady Tied to Southside"
  • May 18, 2010 - Martinsville Bulletin - "Register at Bassett center key to Obama research" by Eliza Winston
  • May 14, 2010 - Herald-Journal (Spartanburg) - "Historian who traced first lady's roots to speak in Spartanburg" by Linda Conley
  • October 11, 2009 - Voice Online - "Michelle Obama's roots traced back to six-year-old slave girl"
  • October 9, 2009 - The Guardian - "Michelle Obama may have white slave-owner ancestor" by Ed Pilkington
  • October 9, 2009 - Irish Times - "White slave-owner roots of Michelle Obama unearthed" by Lara Marlowe
  • October 9, 2009 - Daily Mail Online - "White 'slave-owner' roots of Michelle Obama revealed" by Paul Thompson and Wil Longbottom
  • October 8, 2009 - BBC News - "US first lady 'slave roots' found"
  • October 7, 2009 - The New York Times - "The Family Tree of Michelle Obama, the First Lady" by Gabriel Dance and Elisabeth Goodridge
  • October 7, 2009 - New York Times - "In First Lady's Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery" by Rachel L. Swarns and Jodi Kantor
  • October 7, 2009 - Chicago Breaking News - "Genealogist traces Michelle Obama's roots" by Katherine Skiba
  • October 7, 2009 - Leader-Post - "Michelle Obama's roots traced to mixed-race family" by Sheldon Alberts
  • January 20, 2009 - New York Times - "A Portrait of Change: Nation's Many Faces in Extended First Family" by Jodi Kantor



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