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Barack Obama
Politician
Father: Luo Kenyan · Mother: English, small amounts of Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, Swiss-German, French Huguenot, possibly remote African
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Bill Richardson
Politician
*25% British Isles [English, distant Welsh and Scottish] *25% Spanish [directly from Spain] *50% Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous Mexican]
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Evan Bayh
Politician
German, Norwegian, English, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, remote Dutch and Cornish
Shirkieville, Indiana, U.S.
Hillary Clinton
Politician
Father: English, Welsh · Mother: Welsh, English, Scottish, French, French-Canadian, remote Dutch and Swiss-French
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Jim Gilmore
Politician
Scottish, English, some German and Dutch, distant French
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Joe Biden
Politician
Irish (62.5%), as well as English, German, and distant Dutch, French, Scottish, and Welsh
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
John McCain
Politician
English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Irish, distant Welsh and Swiss-French
Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
Mike Huckabee
Politician · TV Personality
English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, and German, distant Welsh, Dutch, and French Huguenot
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Mitt Romney
Politician
English, Scottish, one eighth German, as well as 1/64th French
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Sarah Palin
Politician · TV Personality
English, German, Irish, distant Scottish, remote Dutch
Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.
Stephen Colbert
Actor · Musician · Politician
*93.75% Irish *6.25% mix of Alsatian German and English
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Tom Laughlin
Actor · Politician
Irish, as well as Scottish, English, and German
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.