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Tracing Michelle Obama's Ancestry [audio 4 minutes 41 seconds]

The New York Times — with the help of a genealogist — has traced the family tree of first lady Michelle Obama back to a slave girl named Melvinia, who was impregnated by an unknown white man shortly before the Civil War. Rachel Swarns, a Washington correspondent for The Times,, traces Obama's roots into the present.
Read entire article at NPR - All Things Considered