Michelle Obama's Roots

"The Family Tree of Michelle Obama, the First Lady" Megan's research as featured in The New York Times

• 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

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• 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