When Okubo [of the Hawaii Department of Health] told one writer they did not have a right to Obama's birth certificate because they were not related to the president, the person wrote back saying they, indeed, had a common ancestor.
"They said they have a tangible right to his birth certificate because they're descended from Adam," Okubo said, referring to the biblical figure. "We told them they need to provide some type of legal documentation."
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Please describe said relationship in detail, i.e. 2,650th Cousin, 814 times removed. Show proof. While you're at it, hand over your passport. You are a walking diplomatic nightmare of stupid.
Jeez, these people are nuts. Is there really anyone these days who actually, really believes that Obama was born in Kenya and there's a huge coverup? The birthers are a joke, even among Republicans. Even Glenn Beck thinks they're nuts, and that's saying something.
@ tjonp - at least the state where I live a copy of a birth certificate is considered a public document along with marriage and death certificates. Anyone can request them. It is a different kind of certificate than you get from the hospital and, IIRC, that's part of their argument.
"We told them they need to provide some type of legal documentation."
Like, start by providing evidence that you're related all the way back to Adam. Copies of birth certificates of each person who links you and Obama to Adam would suffice.
Frankly I'm surprised that any of the birthers would admit to being related to a darkie. They'd probably insist they're related to Obama's white mother.
Judging from what one can read on http://notalwaysright.com quite a few Americans are unaware that Hawaii IS a part of the US. Maybe that is the problem here as well?
Where was John McCain born, again?
Whereas I'm sure that if you went back far enough (like, hella far) that they could find out that, yes, they do share a common ancestor, something tells me they want a relative from a more recent generation.
This is hilarious, btw.
Oh good; can I see yours, then?
Hasn't the guy shown his birth certificate enough, anyway? It's been confirmed, repeatedly, that he was born in the US and is an American citizen. Get over it already and start looking for a good Republican candidate for 2012 if they guy bothers you so much.
Well, technically they *do* share a common ancestor.
Queue Fark headline:
Your dog wants Obama's birth certificate (since they have a common ancestor)
@Missouri: Okubo is the Hawaiian government official. The birther isn't named here.
Also, Okubo seems pretty awesome. I mean, in the context of doing his job, he basically said "Okay, PROVE you're descended from Adam."
To the person who said, 'Birthers are a joke, even among the republicans.'
Didn't you see the Republicans on Sunday night come and heap praise on the tea-baggers, the same ones who spit on Democratic members of Congress and called then niggers? It goes without saying that most of them are birthers.
I bet if some enterprising young PhotoShopper came up with a photo I.D. of Adam, and/or his Birth Creation Certificate, signed by Gawd and witnessed by Moses he could retire from the eBay sale. Or easier, aren't we all supposedly descended from Noah? Maybe a copy of his official boat captain's license...
I bet if some enterprising young PhotoShopper came up with a photo I.D. of Adam, and/or his Birth Creation Certificate, signed by Gawd and witnessed by Moses he could retire from the eBay sale. Or easier, aren't we all supposedly descended from Noah? Maybe a copy of his official boat captain's license...
Personally, as an ex-sailor, I'd like to see the old drunk's navigational charts from Bumfuck, Middle-of-the-Desert to Mt. Ararat, Turkey.
Hah!
Well, you find me Adam's notarized birth certificate, and then we can talk. And the bible, which is just word of mouth, doesn't count.
Let's see: They provided the only birth certificate Hawaii provides (before the election) plus there's two newspaper reports of his birth on record.
Vs the Bible which contains no real documentation at all
Scientists have pinpointed that a single individual, two of them one male one female that lived in completely different times are the direct ancestors of everybody whose still alive.
But I dont think thats what he meant.
@ MadBumperJumper
Sorry, but I believe you misread the story of 'Mitochondrial Eve', and 'Y-chromosome Adam'.
Go back 50 generations and we're all descended (multiple times over) from the WHOLE reproductive population of the era, not just any two.
Two to the fiftieth power = 1,125,899,906,842,624 people. Round it off as 1 quadrillion people. There were only about half a billion people alive back then.
Yes, the most recent common ancestor point is only about five thousand years ago. Yes, you are probably Obama's 250th cousin.
No, that does not mean you are legally related to him.
Why? Because if it did then we'd be just as entitled to claim relationship with you.
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