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Colin Kaepernick's birth mom just another person with Twitter take about anthem protest

Related Topics: Colin Kaepernick, Twitter, Mother, Anthem

As if the Colin Kaepernick national anthem story couldn't get more awkward, we now see that his birth mother, Heidi Russo, gave him grief about it on Twitter over the weekend.

Don't expect Kaepernick to take Russo's words to heart; the 49ers quarterback has said plainly in the past he has no desire to connect with her.

Russo joined the chorus of disapproval Saturday after Kaepernick sat for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to protest what he considers unjust treatment of African-Americans and other racial minorities in the United States. The New York Post unearthed her tweet Monday.