The following teaser is from a UPI article that mentions the pride and interest in meeting Michelle Obama by some of her distant relatives. I don’t know that there’s really a story here, as I’ll bet that both the President and his wife both have countless cousins in the U.S. – and worldwide – all of whom would most likely like to meet them… “Inside Edition” is really promoting this today. Interesting…
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) — Two distant white relatives of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama say they are proud to be a part of her heritage and hope someday to meet her.
Debbie Shields, who has blonde hair and blue eyes, looks nothing like the first lady but they share a common lineage — Shield’s great, great grandfather is Obama’s great, great, great grandfather, the television program “Inside Edition” reported Monday.
Read the full article in the November 9, 2009 edition of upi.com.
