I never claimed that "Hussein" was an ancestral name of the Obama's. In fact, I concurred with your statement that Obama's grandfather took the name when he converted to Islam. I also stated that he likely did so in reverence to Husayn Ibn Ali.

You still fail to grasp the overall point--Hussein is an Arabic name. The name exists indpendent of the religion of Islam. Nonetheless, many Muslim's take the name (or give it to their children) in reference to a very specific Iman, Husayn Ibn Ali. That doesn't make it, in itself, an "Muslim name," which is what you initially claimed.

Despite the fact that Obama's grandfather took it after converting to Islam, by the time the name was passed to Obama, it was after his father, who himself was named after his father (Obama's grandfather, who adopted the name).

"I concurred with your statement that Obama's grandfather took the name when he converted to Islam."

No, first you made an assumption the name was because of his father and grandfather then you claimed the name WAS familial although 100 electrons earlier it was only likely. Let me refresh your memory:

Obama's was likely given the name "Hussein" in reference to his father and his grandfather, not for religious reasons, per se.

As such, it is a familial name.

Obama is a "II". You are in denial that the Obamas are not Arabs or Syrian, they are Kenyan (unless you count his mother which makes it more ridiculous.

"I also stated that he likely did so in reverence to Husayn Ibn Ali."

Help me out. Is this the Husayn Ibn Ali that was the grandson of Mohammed the Prophet and revered by Shi'ites or the Islamic religious and political leader born in 1856 and was a ruler which included Mecca or was it this guy's son of the same name?

At any rate did you determine this after lengthy interviews with Barack?

Question:

What are the chances that Billy Graham would have named one of his sons Hussein?