He’s touted his father’s Kenyan roots and his mother’s Kansas upbringing.

But Irish Americans say they’re still waiting for Barack Obama to embrace another influential figure from his past: his great-great-great-grandfather Falmouth Kearney.

An Irish immigrant who came to America in 1850, Kearney hailed from Moneygall, County Offaly, a tiny Irish village about an hour and a half west of Dublin. And according to Ancestry.com, this link makes Obama about 3.1 percent Irish.

The relationship is a stretch, but the Irish — both in the U.S. and abroad — have since become fixated with turning Obama into O’bama.

“He’s as much Irish as he is Kenyan,” said Irish American Democrats President Stella O’Leary. “He’s been very wrapped up in his African-American heritage. But we will welcome him with open arms.” By Erika Lovely. Source: Politico.com Click here to read more.

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