Celebrity Roots

Barack Obama's Roots

Michelle Obama's Roots

Annie Moore's Roots

• June 16, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Betty White: White-Hot in Cleveland or Not" by Megan Smolenyak
• May 21, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Bret Michaels: The Rusyn Roots of the Rock of Love" by Megan Smolenyak
• May 11, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Annie Moore and Bruce Springsteen: Living the Dream" by Megan Smolenyak
• April 8, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "You Asked for It, Ricky Gervais!" by Megan Smolenyak
• March 8, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Happy St. Patrick's Day, Barry Manilow!" by Megan Smolenyak
• January 19, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "Celebrity Genealogy Hits Prime Time" by Megan Smolenyak
• January 11, 2010 - The Huffington Post - "A Brief Roots Tribute to Catherine Eugenia 'Jean' Finnegan Biden" by Megan Smolenyak
• December 24, 2009 - The Huffington Post - "Playing with DNA: Is Larry David Really 37 Percent Native American?" by Megan Smolenyak
• December 20, 2009 - The Huffington Post - "Name Game: Celebrities Have Nothing on the Rest of Us" by Megan Smolenyak

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• April 26, 2010 - UGO Film and TV - "Susan Sarandon Searches For Grandma on TV Roots Show " by WENN
• May 16, 2009 - Tuscaloosa News - "DNA research finally confirms 'Roots' author's ties to Alabama" (Alex Haley) by Michael E. Palmer
• April 7, 2009 - USA Today - "DNA testing: 'Roots' author Haley rooted in Scotland, too" by Rita Rubin
• March 17, 2009 - Washington Examiner - "Obama, Biden both feeling their Irish heritage today: Long lost brothers?" by Kiki Ryan and Jeff Dufour
• December 2008/January 2009 - Irish America - "A New Dawn in American Politics" (Obama, Biden)
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• October 8, 2008 - Newsweek - "The Man Who Would Be King" (George Washington) by Kurt Soller
• October 8, 2008 - Reuters UK - "Palin may be related to Princess Diana and Roosevelt" by Ellen Wulfhorst
• October 7, 2008 - USA Today - "Texan is Washington's kin, and could've been king" (George Washington) by Michelle Roberts
• September 2008 - Irish Times - "Four Green Fields" (about 2008 U.S. elections)(Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin)
• September 2008 - Ancestry Magazine - "The Man (or Woman) Who Would Be King" (George Washington)
• August 29, 2008 - AFP - Google News - "Obama, Biden descended from Irish cobblers: researcher"
• March 14, 2008 - US Weekly - "It's All Relative - Famous Family Trees"
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• October 28, 2007 - New York Post - "Cousins by Dozens"
• March 13, 2007 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "Sharpton case drives more to find roots on Web site" by Monica Haynes
• February 26, 2007 - BBC News - "Sharpton slave link to US senator"
• February 26, 2007 - New York Times - "Sharpton Learns His Forebears Were Thurmonds' Slaves" by Fernanda Santos (registration may be required to read the article)
• February 26, 2007 - New York Daily News - "Slavery links Al Sharpton, Strom Thurmond" by Austin Fenner
• February 25, 2007 - Washington Post - "Sharpton's Ancestor Was Owned by Thurmond's" by Robin Shulman