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Barack Obama

Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President


    Samuel Goodknight

    View famous kin of Samuel Goodknight

    • 5th Great-grandfather of Barack Obama — 8th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 194 
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    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1761 
    • Birth Location:
    • Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
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    • Death Date:
    • ABT 1845 
    • Death Location:
    • Fayette County, Ohio 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1785/1787 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 
    • Notes: 
    • Daughters of the American Revolution no longer accept Samuel as valid ancestor for future applicants without proving Revolutionary War service. Prior service listed has since been proven to have occurred after the war.

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