Obama descends from Leiden pilgrims
US president elect Barack Obama is descended from the Pilgrim family Blossom, which lived in Leiden for years before heading for America, Leiden council executive Jan-Jaap de Haan said on Friday.
Obama is the seventh US president with Leiden antecedents, De Haan said.
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