If your last name is Obama, you may start getting special treatment, even if you aren't related to the President-elect.
The Washington Post reports that 28-year-old DC resident Nicanor Obama was pulled over for speeding. But when the can't-drive-55 guy handed over his driver's license, the police officer told him, "Well, I'm going to let you go because you have the Obama name."
Obviously there are other folks who share last names with the famous. But as the Post puts it, "being asked whether you can sing 'My Way' or play 'Purple Haze' pales in comparison with 'Can you get my cousin pardoned?' or, more earnestly, 'Can you get me inauguration tickets?'" (19-year-old college freshman Denise Maye Obama gets asked that a lot.)
How many Obamas are out there? The Post says "there might be fewer than 20 Obama families in the United States, compared with more than 11,000 Clintons and 60,000 Bushes."
My last name never got me anything. Except for the occasional, "Singer! La-la-la!" when I was in kindergarten.
Source: Washington Post
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