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Historic ancestor for President Obama – Ancestry.com's Joseph Shumway explains
(CNN) – His family tree has been linked to Brad Pitt, Sarah Palin and both Presidents Bush but now President Barack Obama may be related to the first documented African slave in pre-revolutionary America.
Ancestry.com, which bills itself as the world's largest online family history resource, on Monday released research and documents which it says shows the first indentured African American servant is an ancestor of President Obama's mother.
Ancestry.com genealogist Joseph Shumway was part of a team of four genealogists who say they worked more than 500 hours to establish the connection between Obama's family and that of John Punch, an indentured servant who was sentenced to a life of slavery after an unsuccessful escape attempt in colonial Virginia.
This morning on "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien," Shumway explains the unusual connection and the process involved in making the connection.
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Rep. Cummings: GOP holding tax cuts hostage for the middle class
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a pair of rival bills each offering a different plan for the Bush-era tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of this year.
The Republican plan would extend cuts for all Americans. Democrats want an extension of tax breaks for individual and families earning up to $250,000 a year. The clock is ticking and starting Friday, Congress will go on a five-week recess.
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking Democrat on the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, talks with Soledad on "Starting Point" this morning about the competing plans.
"Basically what the Republicans are doing is holding hostage the tax cut for the middle class," Rep. Cummings says. "It's - unfortunate we're in a place in Washington where right now where it seems like very little is going to be done."
See more from his interview in the clip above.
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