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<p>On Saturday, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/sasha-obama-speech/">Sasha Obama</a> celebrated her 16th birthday, prompting many Twitter users to share photos of the Obama family.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/AbNoorAlways/status/873723646279286785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Sweet Sixteen to Sasha Obama, our beloved first daughter: intelligence, beauty and poise. <a href="https://t.co/fBrUcQCldC">pic.twitter.com/fBrUcQCldC</a></p>&mdash; meta (@metaquest) <a href="https://twitter.com/metaquest/status/873617603410837504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>But one tweet in particular caught the internet&#39;s attention. It came from <a href="https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle">Ashley Ford</a>, a senior features writer at <em>Refinery29, </em>who posted on Sunday that the former first daughter&#39;s real first name<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640"> is actually NATASHA</a>.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/873915228211249152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640</oembed><p>&quot;Today is the one year anniversary of me finding out Sasha Obama&#39;s actual first name is Natasha,&quot; Ford wrote nonchalantly, as if this were a fact that everyone was aware of. Spoiler: people were not aware.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Everyone on the internet after reading Ashley&#39;s tweet." data-attribution="Giphy" data-attribution-url="https://giphy.com/gifs/ineedthisforreactions-what-is-this-i-cant-even-gif-fAjPCZNOtmTLy/download" height="225" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-74-lKKOo9.gif" width="400" /></div> <figcaption>Everyone on the internet after reading Ashley&#39;s tweet.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/ineedthisforreactions-what-is-this-i-cant-even-gif-fAjPCZNOtmTLy/download">Giphy</a></div></figure><h2>Many were some variation of &quot;shook&quot; upon learning Sasha&#39;s real name.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/greghoward88/status/873918186462343170</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am shooketh.</p>&mdash; Saeed Jones (@theferocity) <a href="https://twitter.com/theferocity/status/873916444144218112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m babaSHOOK</p>&mdash; Matt Ortile 🇵🇭 (@ortile) <a href="https://twitter.com/ortile/status/873916463463137280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>Some were at a loss for words.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/3Q21wFSEEN">pic.twitter.com/3Q21wFSEEN</a></p>&mdash; Vanessa de la Torre (@vdelatorre) <a href="https://twitter.com/vdelatorre/status/873932393308196864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/WimerAlberto/status/873920714444685312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/lODqkqroOr">pic.twitter.com/lODqkqroOr</a></p>&mdash; Andrew Clark (@AndrewLeeClark) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewLeeClark/status/873929742482800640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2>Others wondered what else they had been LIED TO about.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT&#39;S MALIA&#39;S NAME? CHELSEA???</p>&mdash; Ashly Perez (@itsashlyperez) <a href="https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/873943589889261568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Try not to freak out too much, though. There&#39;s no grand conspiracy afoot. Sasha is just a nickname for Natasha. According to <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640">The Huffington Post</a>, </em>she actually went by her formal name while she was working her summer job on Martha&#39;s Vineyard last year.</p><p>Just kidding, we&#39;re still reeling. EVERYTHING WE&#39;VE EVER KNOWN IS A LIE!!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Twitter is shook because Sasha Obama's real first name is not Sasha.

On Saturday, Sasha Obama celebrated her 16th birthday, prompting many Twitter users to share photos of the Obama family.https://twitter.com/AbNoorAlways/status/873723646279286785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640Happy Sweet Sixteen to Sasha Obama, our beloved first daughter: intelligence, beauty and poise. pic.twitter.com/fBrUcQCldC&mdash; meta (@metaquest) June 10, 2017 But one tweet in particular caught the internet&#39;s attention. It came from Ashley Ford, a senior features writer at Refinery29, who posted on Sunday that the former first daughter&#39;s real first name is actually NATASHA.https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/873915228211249152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640&quot;Today is the one year anniversary of me finding out Sasha Obama&#39;s actual first name is Natasha,&quot; Ford wrote nonchalantly, as if this were a fact that everyone was aware of. Spoiler: people were not aware. Everyone on the internet after reading Ashley&#39;s tweet. GiphyMany were some variation of &quot;shook&quot; upon learning Sasha&#39;s real name.https://twitter.com/greghoward88/status/873918186462343170I am shooketh.&mdash; Saeed Jones (@theferocity) June 11, 2017 I&#39;m babaSHOOK&mdash; Matt Ortile 🇵🇭 (@ortile) June 11, 2017 Some were at a loss for words. pic.twitter.com/3Q21wFSEEN&mdash; Vanessa de la Torre (@vdelatorre) June 11, 2017 https://twitter.com/WimerAlberto/status/873920714444685312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftwitter-users-discover-sasha-obamas-first-name-is-natasha-react-accordingly_us_593ea729e4b0b13f2c6c6640 pic.twitter.com/lODqkqroOr&mdash; Andrew Clark (@AndrewLeeClark) June 11, 2017 Others wondered what else they had been LIED TO about.WHAT&#39;S MALIA&#39;S NAME? CHELSEA???&mdash; Ashly Perez (@itsashlyperez) June 11, 2017 Try not to freak out too much, though. There&#39;s no grand conspiracy afoot. Sasha is just a nickname for Natasha. According to The Huffington Post, she actually went by her formal name while she was working her summer job on Martha&#39;s Vineyard last year.Just kidding, we&#39;re still reeling. EVERYTHING WE&#39;VE EVER KNOWN IS A LIE!!

Twitter just learned Sasha Obama's real first name and cannot handle it.