Ancestry of
Michelle (Robinson) Obama

First Lady of President Barack Obama

Melvina -----

View famous kin of Melvina -----

• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Michelle (Robinson) Obama — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 49 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1844 
  • Birth Location:
  • Henry County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jun 1938 
  • Death Location:
  • Kingston, Bartow, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Charles Marion Shields
  • Marriage Date:
  • NOT MARRIED 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Dolphius Shields (Ahnentafel No:24 )

  Henry Shields

  • Notes: 

  • Melvina was a slave owned by Henry Wells Shields. Henry's son Charles Marion Shields is believed to have fathered some of her children. DNA testing reportedly confirms the Shields family connection for Melvina's descendants.

• Sources for Melvina -----

  • ¹ The New York Times (New York, New York), 16 JUN 2012, "Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story Long Hidden".
  • ² The New York Times (New York, New York), 22 JUN 2012, "The First Family: A New Glimpse of Michelle Obama’s White Ancestors".
  • ³ Smolenyak, Megan, Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing, New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. (2012), 109-110.
  • ⁴ Swarns, Rachel L., American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2012), 175, inside cover.