US President Joe Biden will reach India tomorrow, September 8, to participate in the G20 summit. The G20 summit is being organized in India in the country’s capital, Delhi, from 9 to September 10. The government does not want to leave any stone unturned to make this summit successful. Strict arrangements are being made for this.
However, US President Joe Biden is arriving two days earlier, which shows the depth of friendship between India and America. Let us tell you that Joe Biden is coming to India alone because his wife, Jill Biden, is infected with COVID-19, so she can’t attend the summit.
Joe Biden is one of the most prominent personalities in the world. The biggest reason for this is that he is the President of America, the world’s superpower. However, very few people would know that he is not entirely an American,… his ancestors were related to Ireland. So, let’s learn about his family history.
Joe Biden’s Mother’s Wedding
Joe Biden took office as the 46th President of America in 2020. He defeated former President Donald Trump. If we look at Joe Biden’s family history, we will know that his ancestors were of Irish origin. Joe Biden inherits his Irish heritage from his mother’s family, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan.
His mother’s family, i.e. Biden’s maternal side, is from the Blewitts of County Mayo and the Finnegans of County Louth, Ireland. Joe Biden’s grandmother, Geraldine C. Blewitt, married Ambrose Finnegan in 1909. After this, his family name became Finnegan. After this, Biden’s mother, Catherine Jean Finnegan, married Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. in 1941, after which her surname changed to Biden.
Joe Biden’s Great Grandfather Came To America
His great-grandfather Patrick Blewitt, one of Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors, went to America in 1850. Here, he worked in the mining business in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After this, he returned to Ireland again. He gathered the rest of the Blewitt family after he arrived in Ireland and left for America on Christmas Day later that year.
Ten of Biden’s 16 great-grandfathers are from Ireland. “He is probably the most Irish of all presidents,” said Fiona Fitzsimons, director of Dublin’s Irish Family History Centre.
