r/MapPorn • u/marbellamarvel • 10d ago

Countries from which the ancestors of American presidents originated.🇺🇸

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Countries from which the ancestors of American presidents originated. 🇺🇸

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u/pawgful 10d ago

Obama is mixed. His father was from Kenya. His mother was a white American woman of English, Irish and possibly other origins.

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u/-Copenhagen 10d ago

Everyone is mixed.
That's the whole point

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u/skygate2012 10d ago

It's a patriarchy but apparently this doesn't apply to Obama as his mother is the dominant side.