Tuesday, November 11, 2008

DUTCH ROOTS OF OBAMA?

As reported today in Telegraaf (Dutch)
'Ja wy kinne'
Nederlandse roots van Obama
AMSTERDAM - Zou de aankomend president van Amerika eerst nog Ierse roots hebben, een andere zoektocht naar de stamboom van Barack Obama leidt naar... Nederland
Well, it's already claimed the president-elect has Irish roots. But now are the Netherlands an Obamanation, too? His step-father was from Indonesia (the former Dutch East Indies) and Obbema is a Frisian word, but this has gotta be a hoax. There was a similar (Dutch) report last February in Volkskrant.

2 comments:

  1. Umm, his father was from Kenya. His step-father was from Indonesia.

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  2. Right thanks; I've corrected it in the post.

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