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You can’t make this stuff up!

August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

From the Salt Lake City Tribune:

Mormons have not only posthumously baptized President Barack Obama’s mother into their faith, but they may have performed the ritual for the president’s African ancestors as well, including his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, according to researcher Helen Radkey.

She has uncovered records in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s new FamilySearch database that include personalized identification numbers for Obama’s relatives, including his father, Barack Obama Sr.

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  • 1 Amanda // Aug 7, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    SO they can posthumously baptize anyone they want? What a nutty nutty thought.

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