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President Obama's Czech Roots
A press release from the Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences (SVU)
As was reported in the press last year, in connection with the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama for US Presidency, I discovered that he also carried Czech genes in his blood. Specifically I was able to demonstrate that his English Royal ancestors could be connected with the Bohemian royalty and thus link him as far back with Duke Bořivoj I of Bohemia and St. Ludmila of Pšov. These findings were reported in a summary form without providing the details.
On the occasion of the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the new President of the United States, I have thought it appropriate to publish his ancestral family tree which links him with the Kingdom of Bohemia and its rulers. This will hopefully remove doubt among some skeptics who could not comprehend that an Afro-American could have Czech ancestry. Frankly, as I pointed out previously, to characterize Obama strictly as Afro-American is a misnomer, anyhow, considering that his mother was Caucasian. If we would apply Jewish laws to this situation, according to which the offspring of Jewish mothers are always considered Jewish, irrespective who the father was, by that standard Obama would have to be considered Caucasian. Obama is, of course, not Jewish but the analogy is, nevertheless, in order.
Obama's Czech roots are obviously on his mother's side which link her with Edward I Plantagenet (1239-1307), King of England, from whom they lead through Vratislav II (1032-1092), King of Bohemia to the first historically known ruler of Bohemia, Duke Bořivoj I (842-894). This lineage is shown in the three Tables that follow. It should be pointed out that other linkages are possible but the lineage through Edward I and Vratislav II seems the most direct one. Other linkages are more complicated and may also be less reliable.
Table 1. Descent of US President Obama from King Edward I of England
Edward I Longshanks Plantagenêt, King of England 1239-1307
Elizabeth Plantagenêt 1282-1316
William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton ca 1311-1360
Elisabeth de Bohun ca 1350-1385
Elizabeth Fitzalan 1366-1425
Joan Goushill
Catherine Stanley
Dulcia Savage
Maud Bold
Jennet Gerard
William Eltonhead
Richard Eltonhead
Martha Eltonhead
Eltonhead Conway
Martha Thacker
Edwin Hickman
James Hickman 1723-1816
Susannah Hickman
Annie Browning
George Washington Overall 1820-1871
Susan C Overall 1849
Gabriella Clark 1877
Ruth Lucille Armour 1900-1926
Stanley Armour Dunham 1918-1992
Ann Dunham 1942-1995
Barack Obama 1961-
Table 2. Descent of King Edward I of England from King Vratislav II of Bohemia
Vratislav II Přemyslid, King of Bohemia 1032-1092
Judith Přemyslid 1065-1085
Boleslas III Wrymouth Piast, Duke of Poland 1085-1138
Ladislas II Piast, Duke of Cracow and Silesia 1105-1159
Richilde Piast 1135-1198
Sancha of Castille 1154-1208
Alphonse II, Count of Provence ca 1180-1209
Raimond-Bérenger V, Count of Provence & Forcalquier ca 1205-1245
Eléonore of Provence 1223-1291
Edward I Longshanks Plantagenêt, King of England 1239-1307
Table 3. Descent of King Vratislav II of Bohemia from Duke Bořivoj I of Bohemia
Bořivoj I Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 852-889
& St. Ludmila of Pšov 860-921
Vratislav I Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 888-921
Boleslav I "The Cruel" Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia 915-967
Boleslav II "The Pious" Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia ca 935-999
Oldřich Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia, ca 970-1034
Břetislav I "The Restorer" Přemyslid, Duke of Bohemia ca 1002-1055
Vratislav II Přemyslid, King of Bohemia 1032-1092
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