Ancestry of
Michelle (Robinson) Obama

First Lady of President Barack Obama

Henry Wells Shields

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Michelle (Robinson) Obama — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 96 
  • Father:
  • Moses Shields 
  • Mother:
  • Celia Arnett   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Sep 1811 
  • Birth Location:
  • Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jun 1895 
  • Death Location:
  • Clayton County, Georgia 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Adamson Family Cemetery, Rex, Clayton, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Christian Patterson
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  • Child:

  Charles Marion Shields (Ahnentafel No:48 )

• Sources for Henry Wells Shields

  • ¹ 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, Record for H W Shields.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/05/2012).
  • ³ The New York Times (New York, New York), 16 JUN 2012, "Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story Long Hidden".
  • ⁴ The New York Times (New York, New York), 22 JUN 2012, "The First Family: A New Glimpse of Michelle Obama’s White Ancestors".
  • ⁵ Swarns, Rachel L., American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2012), 222, 299, 302.