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The '''family of Barack Obama''' is an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]].
The '''family of Barack Obama''' is an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator [[Barack Obama]].
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The family of Barack Obama is an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator Barack Obama.

Immediate family

Barack Obama

(born 1961) U.S. Senator for Illinois

Michelle Obama

(née Robinson, born 1964) University of Chicago Medical Center vice president.

Malia Ann and Sasha Obama

(born 1998 and 2001) Would be the youngest residents of the White House since Amy Carter in 1980 were the Obama family to move there in 2009. When the children visited the executive mansion in 2005 they "were bored until President Bush's dog Barney showed up and they romped with him on the South Lawn," according to The Associated Press. "While the candidate is on the road, the Obama girls keep a hectic schedule: soccer, dance and drama for Malia, gymnastics and tap for Sasha, piano and tennis for both."[1][2]

Mother's side relatives

Ann Dunham

(1942–1995) Ann Dunham was the mother of Barack Obama. She was an anthropologist in Hawaii and Indonesia.

Madelyn Dunham

(née Payne, born 1922) Bank vice president in Hawaii.

Stanley Dunham

(1918–1992) World War II U.S. Army sergeant. Furniture salesman in Hawaii.

Charles T Payne

Charles (Charlie) T Payne (born 1925) World War II U.S. Army 89th Infantry Division. Obama has often described his Great Uncle Charlie's role in liberating Buchenwald concentration camp. He was assistant director of The University of Chicago's Library.[3][4]

Maya Soetoro-Ng

(born Maya Kassandra Soetoro, August 15, 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia) Barack Obama's half-sister.[5] Soetoro-Ng is a high-school teacher at La Pietra: Hawaii School for Girls in Honolulu, Hawaii, and teaches night classes at the University of Hawaii.[6] Assisted Obama in his campaign for President.[7][8][9] Married to Konrad Ng,[10][11][12] with whom she has one daughter, Suhaila.[13]

Konrad Ng

(born c. 1974). A Chinese Canadian, assistant professor at the University of Hawaii's Academy of Creative Media.[14] His parents are from Sabah, Malaysia and he was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario.[15] Married Maya Soetoro-Ng at the end of 2003 in Hawaii.[12]

Lolo Soetoro

(c. 1936–1987) Stepfather of Barack Obama.

During the Indonesian National Revolution (c. 1946) when Indonesia won independence from the Dutch, Soetoro's father and eldest brother were killed, after which the Dutch army burned down the family's home. Soetoro fled with his mother into the countryside to survive.[16]

He met Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, when they were both students at the University of Hawaii.[17] Around 1966 Soetoro and Dunham married and Soetoro returned to Indonesia when it called home its citizens who were studying abroad. About a year later,[18] Dunham and her six-year-old son Barack Obama followed Soetoro back to Indonesia, where the family took up residence in Menteng Dalam, Jakarta.[19][20] In 1970 Soetoro and Dunham had a daughter, Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng (born Maya Soetoro).

After returning to Indonesia, Soetoro first worked for the army as a geologist and then took a job as a government relations consultant with Mobil Oil.[20][21][22] Obama describes Soetoro as well-mannered, even-tempered, and easy with people. He writes that Soetoro was physically short, good looking, and brown with black hair. He describes the struggles he perceived Soetoro had to deal with after he returned to Indonesia from Hawaii.[23]

During their years together in Indonesia, Dunham became increasingly interested in the country's culture, while Soetoro became more Western in his outlook.[17] Ann Dunham left Soetoro in 1972, returning to Hawaii and reuniting with her son, who had returned from Indonesia in 1971 to attend school. Soetoro and Dunham saw each other periodically in the 1970s but did not live together again.[24] They were divorced in 1980.

Soetoro was nominally Muslim,[22][25] the religion of a majority of Indonesians. The Soetoro–Dunham household in Indonesia was not religious.[17][20]

According to his nephew, Lolo "loved drinking, was a smart and warm person, the naughtiest one in the family."[26] Soetoro died of a liver ailment in 1987 at age 51.[27][28]

Father's side relatives

Besides United States Senator Barack Obama, Barack Obama Sr. fathered six other sons and a daughter. All but one live in Britain or the United States.[29]

His children with Kezia include their sons Roy (now known as Abong'o[30]), Bernard, and Abo, and daughter Auma who is a social worker running a children's trust in the United Kingdom.[31] Obama Sr. had two sons with Ruth Nidesand, named Mark and David. After their divorce, Ruth married a Tanzanian and her sons both used their stepfather's surname. Mark studied physics at Stanford University, and now lives in China and is married to a Chinese woman.[32] His eighth child, George Hussein Onyango Obama,[33] was with a woman in Kenya named Jael who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.[34][35]

Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.

(1936–1982) Government economist in Kenya.

Habiba Akuma Obama

Kenyan.

Abo Obama

(born 1968) International telephone store manager in Kenya.

Auma Obama

(born c. 1960) As of July 2008, development worker in Kenya.[36] She studied German at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1987, and graduated with a PhD based on a dissertation about the conception of labor in Germany and its literary reflections.[36] Auma Obama is resident in London, where she married in 1996 and has a daughter named Akinyi.[36]

Bernard Obama

(born 1970) Auto parts supplier in Kenya.

Kezia Obama

(born c. 1930s) Kenyan. Lives in Bracknell, UK[37]

Malik Obama

(also known as Abongo (Roy) Obama, born c. March, 1958),[38] half-brother, son of Barack Obama, Sr. with his first wife, Kezia.[39] Malik Obama was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya.[40] He earned a degree in accounting from the University of Nairobi.[41] He met his half-brother for the first time in 1985[40] when Barack flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C. to visit him.[42] Malik and his brother Barack were best men at each other's weddings.[40] Barack Obama brought his wife Michelle to Kenya three years later, and they met with Malik again while Barack was introducing Michelle to many other new relatives.[43]

Although much of the Obama family had dispersed throughout Kenya and overseas most, including Malik Obama, still considered their rural village on the shores of Lake Victoria to be their true home, and felt that those who left the village had become culturally "lost".[30] A frequent visitor to the United States,[43] and consultant in Washington, D.C. for several months per year,[40] he nevertheless settled in the Obamas' ancestral home, Nyang’oma Kogelo, a village of several hundred people that he preferred to the city for its slow pace.[40] He ran a small electronics shop a half hour drive outside of town.[40] All of his father's other surviving children were living in the United States or England.[40]

During his brother's Presidential campaign, Malik Obama was a spokesman for the extended Obama family in Kenya, dealing with safety and privacy concerns arising from increased attention from the press.[44]

Hussein Onyango Obama

(1895–1979) Mission cook.

Sarah Obama

Sarah Ogwel,[45] (also known, through the addition of her late husband's name, as Sarah Onyango Obama, born 1922)[46] is the paternal step-grandmother of US Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive 2008 Democratic presidential candidate. Sometimes referred to as Sarah Hussein Obama or Sarah Anyango Obama,[47] she lives in Nyang’oma Kogelo village, 40 miles north of western Kenya's main town, Kisumu, on the edge of Lake Victoria.[48] Her small farmhouse has no running water.[49]

Sarah Obama was the third wife of Obama's paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama (1870–1975[45]). Although not a blood relation, Barack Obama nevertheless calls her "Granny Sarah".[47][50] She was just 16 when she married Obama's grandfather, an older man who was her father's friend.[49]

Despite living in a small rural village in Kenya, Sarah Obama is well aware of Senator Obama's fame in the United States, and has photographs of his successes on her walls.[51] She recently publicly complained about false reports about Senator Obama's religion. She says that he is a Christian, just as she is.[52] She has been frequently interviewed by the European press,[53] and she is closely following the political campaign.[54]

On July 4, 2008 she attended the Independence Day celebrations in Nairobi, hosted by Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador in Kenya.[55] Sarah, who speaks only few words in English, communicates with senator Obama through an interpreter.

Ruth Ndesandjo

(née Nidesand, born in U.S. c. 1940s) Private Kindergarten director in Kenya.[56] Ruth's two sons with Barack Obama, Sr., are Mark and David; her additional son named Joseph Ndesandjo (born c. 1980) from a subsequent marriage to a Tanzanian. David and Mark both went by Ndesandjo, their step-father's surname.[57][58]

Mark Ndesandjo

The only uncontested heir of Barack Obama, Sr.,[59] Mark resided since 2002 in Shenzhen, China, where he runs an Internet company called WorldNexus that advises Chinese corporations how best to reach international customers.[60]

George Obama

George Hussein Onyango Obama (born c. 1982) is reputed to be the lost half-brother of Barack Obama, American Democratic presidential nominee. George was six-months old when his father died in an automoble accident, after which George was raised in Nairobi by his mother, Jael, and a step-father, who is French. George lived in South Korea 2001–2003 while his mother resided there for business reasons.[35] According to the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine, George Obama resides in Huruma Flats in Nairobi, Kenya and is studying to become a mechanic. He is "furious at subsequent reports that he had been abandoned by the Obama family and that he was filled with shame about living in a slum".[34][61]

Wife's relatives

Frasier Robinson

(died 1990) Pump worker at the City of Chicago water plant[62]

Marian Robinson

(née Shields, born c. 1938) Secretary at Spiegel catalog.

Craig Robinson

(born 1962) Barack's brother-in-law. Head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University[63]

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214569_1,00.html
  2. ^ Lester, Will (July 23, 2008). "Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_el_pr/obama_s_wwii_uncle_2
  4. ^ http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/Charles+Payne
  5. ^ Obama Family Tree dgmweb.net
  6. ^ "Barack Obama's Sister Debuts as Campaigner". cbs2Chicago. 2007-05-12.
  7. ^ Obama's Sister Debuts as Campaigner - washingtonpost.com
  8. ^ The Gaggle : Watch Out, Hillary! If You Think I'm All About the Politics of Hope, Wait 'Til You Meet My Half-Sister!
  9. ^ Solomon, Deborah (2008-01-20). "All in the Family". New York Times.
  10. ^ Nolan, Daniel (June 11, 2008). "Obama's Burlington connection". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 2008-06-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Misner, Jason (2008-06-20). "Barack Obama was here". Burlington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  12. ^ a b Nolan, Daniel (2008-06-11). "Relative: Obama's got 'a good handle on Canada'". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  13. ^ Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "'He helped me find my voice'". Chicago Sun-Times.
  14. ^ Chicago Sun Times article with her picture
  15. ^ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/21/nation/21699676&sec=nation
  16. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 42.
  17. ^ a b c Ripley, Amanda (2008-04-09). "The Story of Barack Obama's Mother". Time. p. 4. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  18. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 42.
  19. ^ Obama's Jakarta Trail, thejakartapost.com
  20. ^ a b c Secrets of Obama Family Unlocked, [[New America Media.]
  21. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 43.
  22. ^ a b Watson, Paul (2007-03-15). "As a child, Obama crossed a cultural divide in Indonesia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-06-21. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, pp. 30-31.
  24. ^ Scott, Janny (2008-03-14). "A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path". Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  25. ^ Nathalia, Telly (2008-06-05). "Indonesians reflect with pride on Obama nomination". Reuters. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
  26. ^ Barker, Kim (2007-03-25). "History of schooling distorted". Chicago Tribune.
  27. ^ http://www.suntimes.com/images/cds/MP3/obamatree.pdf
  28. ^ Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "Lolo Soetoro". Chicago Sun-Times.
  29. ^ Ancestry of Barack Obama
  30. ^ a b Philip Ochieng (2004-11-01). "From Home Squared to the US Senate: How Barack Obama Was Lost and Found". The East African. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  31. ^ Scott Fornek (2007-09-09). "AUMA OBAMA: 'Her restlessness, her independence'". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  32. ^ Roger Cohen (2008-03-17). "Obama's Brother in China". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  33. ^ Fornek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "HALF-BROTHER GEORGE: 'I would be there for him'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  34. ^ a b Crilly, Rob (August 22, 2008). "Life is good in my Nairobi slum, says Barack Obama's younger brother". The Times. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  35. ^ a b Pflanz, Mike (August 21, 2008). "Barack Obama is my inspiration, says lost brother". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  36. ^ a b c Gathmann, Florian (July 24, 2008). "Studentin in der Bundesrepublik: Wie Auma Obama mit Deutschland haderte" (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2008-07-24. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  37. ^ Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.
  38. ^ Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.
  39. ^ jpt (2008-06-18). "From the Fact Check Desk: What Did Obama's Half-Brother Say About Obama's Background". ABC News.
  40. ^ a b c d e f g Maliti, Tom (2004-10-26). "Obama's Brother Chooses Life in Slow Lane". The Associated Press.
  41. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 265.
  42. ^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 262.
  43. ^ a b *Oywa, John (2004-08-15). "Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots". The Daily Nation.
  44. ^ Warah, Rasna (2008-06-09). "We cannot lay claims on Obama; he's not one of us - Obama in this world". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  45. ^ a b allAfrica.com: Kenya: Special Report: Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots (Page 2 of 2)
  46. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3142143.ece
  47. ^ a b Crilly, Rob (February 27, 2008). "Dreams from Obama's Grandmother". Time Magazine, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  48. ^ Pflanz, Mike (2008-01-11). "Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives keep faith". The Daily Telegraph.
  49. ^ a b Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "Sarah Obama - 'Sparkling, laughing eyes'". Chicago Sun-Times.
  50. ^ "Barack Obama in Kenya". CNN.
  51. ^ Clayton, Jonathan (2008-01-07). "In Kenya, Barack Obama's family prays for end to conflict". The Times.
  52. ^ "Obama's grandma slams 'untruths'". Associated Press. 2008-03-05.
  53. ^ YouTube - Obama's Kenyan Roots
  54. ^ Paula Newton (2008-01-08). "Obama's relatives 'pray' for victory". CNN.
  55. ^ Daily Nation, July 8, 2008: Obama granny's day out with envoys and top politicians
  56. ^ "Madari Kindergarten".
  57. ^ http://www.medweeksa.org/awardwinners/techfirm.htm
  58. ^ http://pideafrica.org/aboutus.htm
  59. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4406813.ece
  60. ^ http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/obamas-brother-runs-internet-company-in-china/ Obama half-brother runs Internet company in China
  61. ^ Pisa, Nick (August 20, 2008). "Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-08-20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  62. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/10/080310fa_fact_collins?currentPage=1
  63. ^ "Oregon State University Beavers: Craig Robinson bio". Retrieved 2008-08-21.

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