Jackie O

Before diving into the main subject, most of us were trained to have good manners, such as, “Ladies first.” Let’s look at the lineage of probably the most popular first lady in American history, the former wife of President John F. Kennedy. “Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whose blood lines, according to the historian Mario de Valdes y Cocom, goes back to the van Salees, a Muslim family of Afro-Dutch origin prominent in Manhattan in the early 1600’s. (Mitchell Owens. “Surprises in the Family Tree.” New York Times)