Category Archives: Political ancestry-genealogy research

On Daniel Uhlfelder, Corona-activist and Panic-pusher; an exploration into “why” some embraced the Corona-Panic


(9500 words) Who is Daniel Uhlfelder? You’ll see him described as a Florida lawyer. Really he’s a central figure in the drama of our time, the Great Corona-Panic social phenomenon of the early 2020s. As a major figure of the … Continue reading

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“Son of Florida, grandson of industrial Ohio, great-grandson of Italy”: The ancestry of Ron DeSantis


(10,500 words) (Jump to summary of points or table of contents.) (Jump directly to main “Ancestry of Ron DeSantis” section.) (Jump to comments.) _________________ What follows here is a long-form approach to Ron DeSantis, via a close look at his … Continue reading

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Ancestry of Hillary Clinton


Hillary Clinton is of entirely Northwestern European ancestry, almost entirely British Protestant, but lacks Colonial American ancestry. She was raised a Methodist. She describes her parents and immediate family as “middle class [and] Midwestern” in her autobiography (p.2). She says … Continue reading

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Ancestry of Liberty Caucus members: Voices from (for) the USA’s “ethnic core”


The Republican Party has had a genuine and formal dissident political bloc for the past 11 years, led by the indefatigable Ron Paul, called “Liberty Caucus”. It has been, officially and ostensibly, a strict-libertarian caucus. Considered individually, though, its membership … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney and the Hispanics, Or, the Ghosts of 1912


In the recent post about Mitt Romney’s ancestry, I wrote this: Mitt Romney’s own father was expelled from his very birthplace, as a youth, by angry-Mexicans(!) George Romney was born in a Mormon colony in Mexico, in 1907. His parents … Continue reading

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Ron Paul’s ancestry: German(-Lutheran) by blood, German and American in thought, word, and deed


Previously profiled: Mitt Romney’s ancestry, and Newt Gingrich’s ancestry; Richard Nixon’s ancestry This post is partly a follow-up to “Ron Paul Remembers…“ Of the presidential candidates in 2012, Ron Paul was both the oldest (b.1935) and the most German (87.5%). … Continue reading

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Newt Gingrich’s Ancestors: Apple Falls Close to Tree Again


A man with a disgraceful history of loose sexual morals and lack of discipline, it turns out, is descended from people with loose sexual morals and lacks of discipline. Newt Gingrich (Birth name Newton Leroy McPherson). Born Harrisburg PA, June … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney’s Ancestry


“I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.” –Patrick Henry The typical White-American is aware of his own particular ancestry, to some extent or another. Most people are, consciously or not, animated by such knowledge. … Continue reading

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Richard Nixon’s ancestry: possible clues about why some hated him


A. It is politically-correct to hold Richard Nixon in contempt.B. Nixon was arguably the final American president that could be said to sympathize with populist-nationalism, a kind of throwback to the politics of decades earlier.C. Richard Nixon’s ancestry was of … Continue reading

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