Genealogist fills in gaps of her lineage
(NEWSER) - Michelle Obama can trace her lineage to a female slave sold as a young girl from a South Carolina plantation and sent to Georgia. As a teenager, Melvinia Shields became impregnated by a white man, possibly her master, and those two are the great-great-great grandparents of Michelle. A genealogist working with the New York Times uncovered the details, revealing more about the first lady’s family history than even she herself knew growing up. More»
