President Obama is the 11th great-grandson of John Punch, who was the first documented slave

The surprising connection goes all the way back to the earliest days of colonial America...

He says the president's white mother is a direct descendant of the first known slave in the American colonies through a family by the name of Bunch.

"We found that, through DNA testing done by members of the Bunch family, that their direct ancestors are of sub-Saharan African origin. ... Eventually, we were able to make a connection with the earliest Bunch family members and a gentleman by the name of John Punch," Shumway notes.

In 1640, John Punch, an African, was a servant in Virginia who escaped, was caught and sentenced to remain in bondage to his master for life.

[link to www.cbsnews.com]

Sounds more like he was a WHITE slave but it says he was african.

I didn't know about the white slavery until the last 6 months. This is an interesting article-

[link to www.saveyourheritage.com]

We all have sad pasts so it seems.