Ancestry of
Michelle (Robinson) Obama

First Lady of President Barack Obama

Charles Marion Shields

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Michelle (Robinson) Obama — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 48 
  • Father:
  • Henry Wells Shields 
  • Mother:
  • Christian Patterson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jan 1839 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Jan 1916 
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  • Burial Location:
  • McDonough Cemetery, McDonough, Henry, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Melvina -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED 
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  Dolphius Shields (Ahnentafel No:24 )

  Henry Shields

• Sources for Charles Marion Shields

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/05/2012).
  • ² The New York Times (New York, New York), 16 JUN 2012, "Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story Long Hidden".
  • ³ The New York Times (New York, New York), 22 JUN 2012, "The First Family: A New Glimpse of Michelle Obama’s White Ancestors".
  • ⁴ Smolenyak, Megan, Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing, New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. (2012), 109-110.
  • ⁵ Swarns, Rachel L., American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2012), 299, 302.