In any case, the latest wave of realisation comes courtesy of writer Ashley C. Ford, who took the younger Obama’s 16th birthday as an opportunity to remind the planet that Sasha’s birth certificate features another syllable.
Today is the one year anniversary of me finding out Sasha Obama’s actual first name is Natasha.
— Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) June 11, 2017
As we mentioned earlier, some people haven’t yet come to terms with the fact that a name ingrained in the planet’s collective psyche over eight years ain’t actually her original moniker.
WHAT
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) June 11, 2017
I’m babaSHOOK
— Matt Ortile (@ortile) June 11, 2017
HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS
— fads; s/h ?? (@thepinkharold) June 11, 2017
Now we have the same anniversary just one year apart
— Kathleen Leary (@KathLeary) June 11, 2017
— Wimer Alberto (@WimerAlberto) June 11, 2017
— Vanessa de la Torre (@vdelatorre) June 11, 2017
Some internet denizens who may have been a lil’ more inclined to research their former First Family’s names have also chimed in.
wait really? everyone REALLY didn’t know sasha’s name is natasha? how is this real?
you all pretend to be obama stans but YAINT
— casey turner (@caseyturner) June 12, 2017
Why are people mindblown over Sasha Obama’s real name being Natasha?? We have nicknames guys come on. pic.twitter.com/HACOpqe9WL
— Natasha Myles ?? (@NatashaMyles) June 13, 2017
Next, people will be freaking out that Elton John’s birth name is actually Reginald Dwight, or that Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara.
Source: Ashley C. Ford / Twitter.
Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty.
