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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 Clinton
Politician
English, as well as Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, and Scottish, distant French Huguenot
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Donald Trump
Politician · TV Personality
Father: German · Mother: Scottish
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
F. W. de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Austrian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politician
English, some Dutch, small amount of Scottish, distant Belgian Walloon, French Huguenot, and Welsh, remote German and Swedish
Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
George H. W. Bush
Politician
English, small amounts (to varying degrees) of Scottish, German, Irish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, Swedish, Belgian [Flemish], and French
Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
George W. Bush
Politician
English, some German, small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, Irish, French, Dutch, Swedish, and Belgian [Flemish], and 1/256th Moravian
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Harry S. Truman
Politician
German (maternal grandfather), English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, more distant French Huguenot
Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, U.S.
Jimmy Carter
Politician
English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Scottish, remote French, Dutch, and Swiss-German
Plains, Georgia, U.S.
Joe Biden
Politician
Irish (62.5%), as well as English, German, and distant Dutch, French, Scottish, and Welsh
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Joseph Stalin
Politician
Georgian, possibly some Ossetian
Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Kamala Harris
Politician
Father: Jamaican · Mother: Tamil Indian
Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Politician
English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, small amounts of French/French Huguenot, Swiss-German, Scottish, Welsh, and Dutch
Stonewall, Gillespie Co., Texas, U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Politician
Russian, Ukrainian
Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai, Russia)
Nelson Mandela
Politician
Thembu [Xhosa] African
Mvezo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (now South Africa)