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Ancestry website links Obama to America's first slave

Details: Category: Latest; Created: Monday, 06 August 2012 12:30; Last Updated: Monday, 06 August 2012 12:30; Published: Monday, 06 August 2012 12:30; Written by Nancy Kiser

Research derived by Ancestry.com from early Virginia records and DNA analysis suggests Obama is the 11th great-grandson of John Punch, an African indentured servant in Colonial Virginia who became enslaved for life after trying to escape in 1640. Click here to read more at NBC Chicago.