I just found out my cousin is one of the most famous and beloved men in the world (really)

[MLAA]

I recently found President Obama is my cousin! I could not be happier! An uncle of mine who is into genealogy gave me a printout showing that the President and I share the same great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather from my mother’s and his mother’s side. His name was Thomas Bloomfield (1617 - 1684). I have a printout of the family tree, but couldn’t manage to post it.

Now I just need to figure out how to get on the invite list of President Obama’s next family reunion.

[DURHAM D]

1. Aren't you afraid that Dick Cheney will be there? nt

[MLAA]

3. I am afraid Dick Cheney will be anywhere 😉

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Bwahaha!

[mythology]

40. Fortunately he rarely leaves his undisclosed location

[onecent]

42. Oh my Gosh, I didn't know Dick Cheney was still wearing a ticker...

[sheshe2]

2. Very Cool!

[MLAA]

5. It actually brought tears to my eyes when I found out ☺️

[sheshe2]

7. I can understand why.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. I would react the same way!

He truly is the best, definitely earns and deserves the Universal love for him. I get choked up just thinking about him. ❤️

Hugs to you!! 😊

[Ilsa]

4. Woo-hoo! I can see the resemblance!

Just kidding - I wish I was lucky enough to claim this heritage. Really awesome!

[Kirk Lover]

6. Go back far enough in the family tree and we are all related....so hi sis or bro...

can I borrow a 20?

[grantcart]

9. I call "Mithochrondial Eve" mom.

[MLAA]

11. Check is in the mail! 😜

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Hey what about that BBQ you didnt invite me to?

🤨

[BoneyardDem]

10. Of all the people who have lived on this planet...

.....you get to be related to Obama, you lucky dog! 👍

[MLAA]

12. Apparently in a Mormon genealogy app you can hit a button to see if you are related to anyone

who is famous. And I feel like I hit the jackpot. I feel so lucky right now, I bet if I looked up on my dad’s side I’d find out I am related to Hillary!

[3catwoman3]

15. I don't often use the word awesome, but this...

...is AWESOME! I am jealous.

Does the Mormon genealogy app have a particular name?

[MLAA]

18. I believe this is the one my uncle used.

Last edited Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:55 PM - Edit history (1)

He is a member of the LDS church, so I’m not sure if he has a different access than the free access mentioned on their website. But give this one a try.


Edited to update link:

familysearch.org

[BlancheSplanchnik]

33. Internal server error. ☹️ n/t

[MLAA]

35. Try familysearch.org

Don’t know why previous link didn’t work.

familysearch.org

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. Aha! Thank you! That worked!

Later, I’ll see if I can get anywhere with it. I know very little about my family. Folks never talked about anyone farther back than their own parents and siblings, and even that, over their entire lives, totaled not more than a sentence.

[wishstar]

43. The Famous Kin website is fun for researching the connections

https://famouskin.com/category.php?cat=1+presidents

My spouse is a 7th cousin of Barack Obama through Moses Teague, born in 1718 in Maryland and a slaveholder.. The website lists Moses Teague as ancestor of Obama and my own research elsewhere shows the same Moses Teague as an ancestor of Jimmy Carter too, so my spouse is 6th cousins to Jimmy. Spouse is also cousin of FDR and John Adams and U.S. Grant but we try not to think about the other less than stellar cousins who have popped up in my research!

[MLAA]

45. You are practically American royalty!

[Scarsdale]

14. Imagine the poor

souls who discover they are related to tRump? Or Cheney, or Ryan, McConnell, Cotton etc. CONGRATULATIONS to you, you lucky person with the great genes.

[MLAA]

27. I think I am going to stop looking at my family tree, and end on a high note 😬

[Freedomofspeech]

13. Very cool...

I love that man so much....a gentleman and a statesman.

[malaise]

16. Best post of the day

I don't want to be related to him - I want to have his baby (at my age)!

[MLAA]

17. Good one!

Just let me know when I should plan to throw the 👶 🌦

[malaise]

19. Hahahahahahaah

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. 😅. ❤️.

I just wanna give him THE biggest fattest giantest hug he’s ever had in the whole wide world!!! And be BFF’s forever. Best friends forever FOREVER!!

[malaise]

34. I'd settle for that

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. 😁

[airmid]

20. Thomas Bloomfield is my 9th ggrandfather! Hey cuz! I decend through his granddaughter, Rebecca

who married Charles Salyer

[MLAA]

25. Hi cousin! Nice to finally meet you!

If you message me your outside email I can send you a pic of the family tree I reference. It only has Thomas Bloomfield’s children listed and the grandchild that I descend from, Sarah Bloomfield.

[DoctorJoJo]

21. Congrats! Guessing We Are All Related, If You Go Back Far Enough!

[StevieM]

22. I believe that makes you 13th cousins (0 times removed).

I can't imagine I am related to him, as no one in my family arrived in this country until the early 20th Century.

[MLAA]

28. Who says 13 is an unlucky number?! 😜

[keithbvadu2]

23. Everyone has a king and a horse thief back there somewhere.

[MLAA]

26. Well, Ive found the king. now time to look for the horse thief! 😬

[malthaussen]

44. Often the same individual. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

48. Yeah, but we don't talk about him...

[rusty fender]

24. Awesome!

Hope you get to meet him someday

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. That's great

Lucky you

[left-of-center2012]

37. That would make me proud

And my right wing siblings would tremble.

[trackfan]

38. My wife has Obama on both her mom's and dad's side.

So I guess she's sort of a distant double-cousin. Unfortunately, she has Cheney in there too.

[MLAA]

39. Super cool.

DM me with your external email address if you want to and I will send you/her a copy of the family tree I referenced.

[TalenaGor]

46. lol how awesome is that!

My mom got all into geneology....she announced one day that she'd traced us back to Adam n Eve lol!

[MLAA]

49. 🙂 now that is some tracing!

[samnsara]

47. HOW COOL!!!!

[former9thward]

50. Using that standard we are all related to Obama.

[Maraya1969]

51. I'm really happy for you. What great news!

[MLAA]

52. Thank you.

Love the penguin video. Have you seen the Geico commercial with the 2 penguins using GPS to get to the breeding grounds? It is my current favorite.

[pnwmom]

53. That must have been thrilling! Woo-hoo! n/t

[MLAA]

56. It brought tears to my eyes and I did a dance!

[Spider Jerusalem]

54. Mine too (through Mareen Duvall, Maryland colonist)

which makes Harry Truman, Robert Duvall, the Duchess of Windsor, Dick Cheney (ugh) and John Waters my cousins, also.

[MLAA]

55. Whoa.....you come from seriously good stock! Cheney is more than offset by Truman.

[Cha]

57. I would be so proud, too, MLAA..

Good on ya!

6 Degrees of President Obama!

[MLAA]

58. Thank you!

[Tarheel_Dem]

59. I'm jealous of your gene pool. n/t

[whathehell]

60. Good for you...Great news!

[jimmil]

61. Years ago someone wrote a book of my mother's genealogy....

and it turns out they came over on the Mayflower. I thought that was really cool until I found out something like 20% of the people in the US can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower. I'm not so special after all. My father's side came over as an indentured servant (he had stolen some pies and got caught) and was bailed out of prison, taken to America (Maryland, Prince Georges County, 1670), and worked for 9 years as a servant. Afterwards he worked enough to buy a farm and become fairly prosperous. I have copies of his will even.

[MLAA]

62. Thats cool that you know so much about your personal history.

I’ve been meaning to go to ancestry.com and found out about where my ancestors came from.

[Dem_4_Life]

63. That is so cool!