After eight years, we may have thought we knew everything about the Obama family. Not so: the internet is extremely shook after finding out that Sasha Obama’s legal first name isn’t Sasha.
Sasha is actually just a nickname, with Natasha being the former first daughter’s real name, according to Mashable.
But Hello Giggles reports this isn’t technically the first time word has gotten out about Sasha’s real first name. When Sasha got a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard in 2016, she reportedly went by Natasha while working.
So why are we hearing about it again now? It’s all thanks to an innocent tweet shared by writer Ashley Ford that quickly went viral.
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
A year later, the rest of the internet finally caught up on this bit of trivia and is overwhelmed, to say the least.
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE. WHO IS NATASHA OBAMA? pic.twitter.com/HjNo1eXq1a
— Tallawah (@positiviTeee) June 12, 2017
I am shooketh.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) June 11, 2017
My face when I just found out Sasha Obama's real name is NATASHA... pic.twitter.com/lzdjk2gf3g
— Amber Vee (@Amberveeee) June 13, 2017
WHAT'S MALIA'S NAME? CHELSEA???
— Ashly Perez (@itsashlyperez) June 11, 2017
Some users were already in the know and were less than impressed by their peers lack of knowledge.
Why are people freaking about Sasha Obama's real name, which is Natasha? Like y'all really didn't know?
— Zoe (@Nhyiira) June 13, 2017
where were you when you found out sasha obama's name is really natasha obama? me? wikipedia, new york, ny, june 12, 2016.
— The Jimsonian (@SuuvamNeupane) June 12, 2017
One user even had a theory that the nickname Sasha was actually inspired by Beyonce’s alter ego, Sasha Fierce.
If Bey was a friend of the fam, I'd be Sasha, too!
Them: Are u & Bey really friends?
Sasha: Yep! And we got the same alter ego...don't hate pic.twitter.com/GTpmuGaY5F— NA (@peaceful_birdie) June 11, 2017
Whatever the case, the internet needed some Obama news to freak out over after another long week of updates from the current White House. Thanks, Natasha!