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[clarification needed] The song celebrates the Irish ancestry of the then Democratic candidate for President of the United States, Barack Obama. The song was a minor hit in the Irish charts, peaking at number 24 in November 2008.
Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.
Barack Obama (Kenyan, English and Irish) 44th President, 2009–2017: His paternal ancestors came to America from Kenya and his maternal ancestors came to America from England. His ancestors lived in New England and the South and by the 1800s most were in the Midwest. His father was Kenyan and the first of his family to leave Africa.
Obama was also a member of the "choom gang", a self-named group of friends that spent time together and occasionally smoked marijuana. [45] [46] Obama has said that it was a serious mistake. At the Saddleback Civil Presidential Forum, Barack Obama identified his high-school drug use as his greatest moral failure. [47]
November 24, 1982 - Barack Obama Sr. dies in a car accident in Kenya. ... becoming the first African American candidate in US history to lead a major party. November 3, 2008-Grandmother, ...
The Irish Protestant vote in the U.S. has not been studied nearly as much as that of the Catholic Irish. In the 1820s and 1830s, supporters of Andrew Jackson emphasized his Irish background, as did James Knox Polk, but since the 1840s it has been uncommon for a Protestant politician in America to be identified as Irish, but rather as 'Scotch ...
November 5, 1996: Barack Obama begins his political career. Barack was elected to the Illinois State Senate, kicking off the Obamas' political life. July 4, 1998: Malia Obama is born.
Irish Americans have made many contributions to American culture and sport. Halloween is thought to have evolved from the ancient Celtic/Gaelic festival of Samhain, which was introduced in the American colonies by Irish settlers. A number of the presidents of the United States have Irish origins. [53] The extent of Irish heritage varies.