Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
comic strip overdue media

Saturday, December 20, 2008

This is the season for getting together with extended family

but if you think yours is convoluted, look at Barack Obama's. Talk about multicultural: Africans, Asians (both from Indonesia and China (including one by way of Canada)), British, etc. They've moved around even further, studying in a variety of places abroad like Germany and South Korea. Religions include Roman Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, other forms of Christianity, and through his wife, a branch of relatives that are African-American Jews. Whew! Didn't he say something about his family being like the United Nations? He was right!

The Wikipedia article includes a nice genealogical chart to keep everyone straight. With polygamy in Africa and a series of marriages and divorces throughout the family, there are lots of 'steps' and 'halves'.

I have a tiny family by comparison. I can't imagine everyone getting together at one time for his family celebrations.

No comments: