Abdul El-Sayed Says His Little Brother Osama Is a Blood Descendant of Abigail Adams

Abdul El-Sayed Says His Little Brother Osama Is a Blood Descendant of Abigail Adams

Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed brought his family’s full American story to Jon Stewart’s show, and the twist is in the bloodline. His younger brother, Osama El-Sayed, “literally is a blood descendant of Abigail Adams,” he told Stewart on the Oct. 21 episode of The Weekly Show. “Oh, that’s wild,” Stewart answered. A late-1700s engraving depicts Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818), wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quinc…