Harvard Prof Gates Is Half-Irish, Related to Cop Who Arrested Him

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Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard University-owned house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots.

Strangely enough, he and the Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested him, Sgt. James Crowley, both trace their ancestry back to the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages.

full story:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8195564&page=1

[emmett]

Small world isn't it! LOL

[cat slave]

Wonder if thats why Gates mother hates whites so much!!!!

[Gaffer]

Black Irish huh?