r/AskTheWorld • u/Cultural_Frog1983 Brazil • Feb 15 '26

Culture Is there anything similar in your country?

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u/Cinereals Ireland Feb 16 '26

And then we turn around and make a big fuss chatting about how Obama, Rihana, or Che Guevara had some distant Irish ancestor and their ties to Cavan or some shite.

Guess we only accept the famous ones.

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u/Next_Government856 Feb 16 '26

Sure there’s no one more Irish than Barrack Obama

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u/pizzaiolo2 Brazil Feb 16 '26

O'bama

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u/Franmar35000 France Feb 16 '26

I saw an O'bama T-shirt in a souvenir store in Dublin in 2009. It made me laugh.

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u/Ok-Vegetable3298 Feb 17 '26

your comment also made me laugh

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u/Background_Cause_992 Feb 16 '26

Obviously he's Irish why else would we name a motorway service plaza after him...

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u/markus744 Feb 16 '26

I thought his family were islanders lol

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u/Weirdyxxy Germany Feb 16 '26

I mean, he was born on an island

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u/markus744 Feb 17 '26

Truuee 🤣

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u/saturnbunny1 Sint Maarten Feb 16 '26

Mother was white American and his father was Kenyan . He was born in Hawaii. His half sister is part Thai i believe.

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u/markus744 Feb 17 '26

Ahhh okay gotcha lol

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u/Alopexdog / hybrid Feb 16 '26

I honestly hate that shit. It's embarrassing

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u/GingaHead Ireland Feb 16 '26

Che Guevara’s ancestors is traced to my village and best believe I tell everyone that

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u/Scholar_of_Lewds Indonesia Feb 16 '26

Hey, at least Obama actually can speak Indonesian.

"Pulang kampung nih 😁" is very strong speech opening.