In season 9 of "The Office", Andy discovers that he is related to what political figure?

In season 9 of "The Office," Andy discovers that he is related to Michelle Obama. The revelation occurs in the episode "Andy's Ancestry," when Andy becomes excited about a family-history discovery connecting the Bernard family to the former First Lady.

The claim is presented as part of Andy's increasingly obsessive interest in genealogy and family status. Michelle Obama was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and is married to Barack Obama, the 44th U.S. president. The episode aired during the show's final season, when Andy is away pursuing his entertainment ambitions and later returns to Dunder Mifflin.

A common mix-up is confusing this plot point with a genuine genealogy claim about actor Ed Helms, who plays Andy. Genealogy websites once suggested that Helms and Michelle Obama might share a distant ancestral connection, but the sitcom's answer concerns Andy Bernard, the fictional character. The episode uses the discovery mainly for comedy, emphasizing Andy's pride and his tendency to inflate his family's importance.