"Galilee Bedouins Claim Obama as Relative" (JTA)

[mustbecrazy]

Galilee Bedouins claim Obama as relativeNovember 13, 2008

Comments

[aries11]

That'd be kind of neat if they could prove it.

[mustbecrazy]

It's just so random. I'll be interested to see how their photos and docs hold up as well.

[b7eema]

I don't think there's going to be any holding up whether it's true or not, because I don't think anyone is going to follow through on it. It's just so completely irrelevant. It reminds me of an interesting conversation I had with some 8-yr-olds not too long ago, in which we decided that if you go back/out far enough every human being in the world is related to every other human being in the world. I'm convinced that's true.

[mustbecrazy]

Also, that claim presumes they have a rich and deep archive of every tribe member's history as Obama only became internationally well known recently.