Politics | Barack Obama Unrelated Obamas Relish Connection By Harry Kimball Posted Nov 28, 2008 2:59 PM CST Copied Michelle and Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, greet people at a food bank at St. Columbanus Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Ordinary citizens who share the last name Obama with the president-elect are seeing goodwill and unexpected perks lately, the Washington Post reports. They might not be able to score Inauguration tickets, but entrance to a swanky nightclub? No problem. Speeding ticket? Fixed. And it’s an exclusive club: The country may have fewer than 20 Obama families, compared to 60,000 people whose last name is Bush. Most Obamas in the US trace their lineage to Equatorial Guinea, not Kenya, Barack Sr.'s homeland. That includes Nicanor Obama, who says, "I'm not related to the president, but I think Obama is a good name to have right now." "Everyone asks if I'm related to the president now," says Denise Maye Obama. "One of these times I'm going to say yes, just for the fun of it." Read These Next Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Naomi Osaki is fully on Taylor Townsend's side in this spat. Report an error