U. s. president's mother was given the rather unusual first name stanley

It was Barack Obama’s Mother. She was named Stanley Ann Dunham. As she says she was named after her father because he wanted a son.  But other relatives said that her mother named her after actress  Bette Davis’ character from the film “In this our life” because she was her favorite actress and she thought that name Stanley as girl’s name will sound more mature. She was teased a lot because of her name. after she went to college she was known by her middle name Ann Dunham.

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It me to understand the world and my place in it. for example, (and i know i’m using the terminology ‘historical perspective’ loosely here; some of my examples may be better termed an ‘evolutionary perspective’) knowing that all humans can trace their ancestry back to a common ancestor who lived in southern ethiopia ~200,000 years ago makes me feel connected to everyone on the planet. knowing that some of our ancestors left africa about 70,000 years ago and interbred with more archaic hominin species in europe and elsewhere, me to see the stupidity of white supremacist ‘purity of the race’ themes. seeing how religion was used to enslave people, and how callously lives were thrown away by those in power in the world wars of the past century makes me feel extremely fortunate to be living in the modern era. and, perhaps most importantly is that this knowledge makes me for the sacrifices our ancestors made to get us to this point, and determined to do my part to make the world a better place for the next generation.