Obama tartan

[kennethrmc]

I think this is a great idea . I wonder what ogham script for "Yes we can" looks like--maybe incorporate that into the sett? And colors should be African and Scotch-Irish mix.

[kiltimabar]

Actually I understand there are plenty of tartan patterns used by at least some African tribes. Perhaps some research could uncover a family/tribal connection with one of them.

[McFarkus]

Here's a link to an Obama family tree. Notice towards the bottom a James Hamilton with an arrow which will lead you to Scottish roots for Obama.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-...ard&id=I119613

[Larry124]

On his other side, does anyone know of a Scottish military unit that is famed for having served in Kenya?
Or, does the Kenyan armed services have a kilted military unit/band – and if so which tartan?

[Riverkilt]

Check out the probably fashion Kenya tartan here http://www.tartansforafrica.com/

Looks a lot like the Caledonia or Carolina tartans to me.

Ron

[Adam Pound]

On his other side, does anyone know of a Scottish military unit that is famed for having served in Kenya?
Or, does the Kenyan armed services have a kilted military unit/band – and if so which tartan?

Black Watch was there in 1955.

[beloitpiper]

Correlations to Idi Amin would likely prevent such an event. Public displays like this are very carefully orchestrated and have proven to be used against a person more than helping them.

Why would they compare him to Idi Amin? Because he's black and wearing a kilt? Samuel L. Jackson wore a kilt, and people thought he looked great!

On his other side, does anyone know of a Scottish military unit that is famed for having served in Kenya?

I'm not sure he would be very enthusiastic in wearing the tartan of a British Regiment in Africa...

[Adam Pound]

Originally Posted by cavscout
Correlations to Idi Amin would likely prevent such an event. Public displays like this are very carefully orchestrated and have proven to be used against a person more than helping them.

Why would they compare him to Idi Amin? Because he's black and wearing a kilt? Samuel L. Jackson wore a kilt, and people thought he looked great!

Actually I thought it really suited him, Jackson I mean, not Idi, (oops). Kinda hope he got one for himself.

[gilmore]

Here's a link to an Obama family tree. Notice towards the bottom a James Hamilton with an arrow which will lead you to Scottish roots for Obama.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-...ard&id=I119613

I see Barack Obama also descends from Robert the Bruce, Malcom Canmore and several other Scots kings, and, like me and a several million others, from King John of England through his daughter, Joanna, whom he married to Llewellyn ap Iowerth. (However, Joanna was not, as listed, a princess of England. She was one of John's several illegitimate children.)

He also (like me and most of the British middle classes) descends from Edward III (and of course from his grandfather, Edward I, "Scotto-Rum-Malleus, Hammer of the Scots".)

Obama and I also share the Clopton ancestry from whom William Aldridge descends.

Do you have this on your Rootsweb site because you and Turpin descend traceably from some of these people as well? Are you, Turpin, me and Barack all provable cousins?

EDIT: in going over the site trying to answer that question, I see that you and Turpin, and I have more recent common ancestors: Rev. John Thomas (1705-1788), a Colonial Virginia/North Carolina Baptist minister, and his wife, Christenator Roberts Thomas (1712-c.1796.) You and Turpin descend from their daughter, Millicent Thomas ( b.1742), while I descend her younger sister, Theresa Thomas (1744-1826.) So we are 6th cousins, probably once removed. Actually, we are double 6th cousins once removed, since I descend from Theresa Thomas in two different ways. (BTW Theresa Thomas' husband, Theophilus Hill, is one of my favorite ancestors. I have a photocopy of a warrant for his arrest for have wantonly and cruelly murdered some one and then made good his escape to East Florida, which was Spanish at the time. A reward of 50 pounds in gold was offered. Makes one proud that others recognized one's forebear's worth. I have often thought of having it antiqued and suitably framed so it could be tastefully displayed over the fireplace.)

[Downix]

Here's a link to an Obama family tree. Notice towards the bottom a James Hamilton with an arrow which will lead you to Scottish roots for Obama.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-...ard&id=I119613

AH! I'm Related to Obama, an 18th cousin once removed!