Al Roker of the Today Show on NBC visited Dublin and Moneygall, Co. Offaly to take a look at Barack Obama’s Irish roots in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

While the camera crew was in Dublin’s Pearse Street Library they filmed Eneclann’s Fiona Fitzsimons from Eneclann. Although Fiona had no idea that Obama had Irish roots when he first stood as presidential candidate, she and fellow researcher Helen Moss have subsequently traced his mother’s family back to late seventeeth century Offaly.

Watch NBC’s light-hearted video.

Take a look at the Kearney family tree as traced back to the 17th century by Eneclann’s research team.