But as your family tree increases to thousands upon thousands, you will inevitably find many obscure branches that have interbred.

BBC: Family trees: Tracing the world's ancestor

The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow and so many thousands of others were called upon to make.

CNN: Inaugural Address

We continue to call on the regime to immediately halt its campaign of violence and arrests, pull its security forces back, release the many thousands of detainees, and to respect and act upon the clear demands of the Syrian people for a peaceful and democratic transition.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing