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Obama Family
Obama Family
	Presidential nominee Barack Obama with wife Michelle and daughters, Malia Ann and Sasha
Current region	Chicago, Illinois
Place of origin	United States
Members	Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Ann Dunham, Barack Obama, Sr.
Connected families	Obama, Robinson, Dunham, and Soetoro Family

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The Obama family is an extended family of Kenyan (Luo), African American, English, and Indonesian heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator and Democratic nominee for the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Immediate family

Barack Obama

Born 1961-08-04 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Also used the name Barry Soetoro when he lived in Indonesia between 1967 and 1971 as a child.^[2]

Michelle Obama

Wife of Barack Obama, born in 1964. Birthname Michelle LaVaughn Robinson. Lawyer and University of Chicago Hospital administrator.

Malia Ann and Sasha Obama

Should Barack Obama be elected president, his childern Malia Ann and Natasha (also known as Sasha) Obama would be the youngest residents of the White House since Amy Carter in 1980. Malia Ann was born in 1998 and Sasha was born in 2001. While their father was campaigning, his daughters have a busy schedule, the Associated Press report; "soccer, dance and drama for Malia, gymnastics and tap for Sasha, piano and tennis for both."^[3]^[4]

Maternal relations

According to Obama's Dreams from My Father, Obama's great-grandmother Leona McCurry was part Native American, which Obama believed Leona held as a "source of considerable shame" and "blanched whenever someone mentioned the subject and hoped to carry the secret to her grave"; whereas McCurry's daughter (Obama's maternal grandmother) "would turn her head in profile to show off her beaked nose, which along with a pair of jet-black eyes, was offered as proof of Cherokee blood."Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).^[5] There was a brief media controversy over an error made by Obama when he mistakenly said that his uncle had helped liberate Auschwitz concentration camp, when in fact he had helped liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.^[6]

Maya Soetoro-Ng

Half-sister of Barack Obama, born August 15, 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia) ^[7] Married to Konrad Ng, mother of a daughter, Suhaila. Teacher in Hawaii.

Konrad Ng

Brother-in-law of Barack Obama, born 1974. A Chinese Canadian, he is assistant professor at the University of Hawaii's Academy of Creative Media.^[8] His parents are from Kudat and Sandakan, two small towns in Sabah, Malaysia and he was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario.^[9] Married Maya Soetoro-Ng at the end of 2003 in Hawaii.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).^[10]^[11]

Lolo Soetoro

Stepfather of Barack Obama, born c. 1936, died 1987.

Paternal relations

The Obamas are a members of the Luo tribe. The Luo are Kenya's third-largest ethnic group and are largely concentrated in the western province of Nyanza. According to renowned Luo historian Bethwell Ogot, in his book "History of the Southern Luo: Volume 1 Migration and Settlement," the Luos probably originated in Southern Sudan.^[12]

Besides Senator Obama, Barack Obama Sr. fathered six other sons and a daughter. All but one live in Britain or the United States.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Habiba Akuma Obama

Barack Obama's paternal grandmother, and the second wife of Hussein Onyango Obama.

Sarah Obama

Paternal step-grandmother of Barack Obama, born 1922.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). and sometimes referred to as Sarah Ogwel, Sarah Hussein Obama or Sarah Anyango Obama,Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). She was just 16 when she married Obama's grandfather, an older man who was her father's friend.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). She recently publicly complained about false reports about Senator Obama's religion. In March 2008, she lied in an interview with USA Today saying that he is a Christian, just as she is.^[13] However, in a previous interview with the New York Times, she had professed that Senator Obama and herself were "strong believers of the Islamic faith."^[14] Initially welcoming reporters, she now shuns media attention, wary that her words and actions could be misconstrued and used against her step grandson.^[15]

On July 4, 2008 she attended the Independence Day celebrations in Nairobi, hosted by Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador in Kenya.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).^[16] Barack Obama's step-mother, is Barack Obama Sr.'s first wife whom he married in Kenya before studying abroad in the United States. She currently lives in Bracknell, Berkshire, England.^[17]

Malik Obama

Barack Obama's half-brother, also known as Abongo or Roy, born c. March, 1958,^[18], son of Barack Obama, Sr. with his first wife, Kezia.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). He earned a degree in accounting from the University of Nairobi.^[19] He met his half-brother for the first time in 1985Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Malik and his half-brother Barack were best men at each other's weddings.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). and consultant in Washington, D.C. for several months per year,Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Abo Obama

Barack Obama's half-brother (born 1968) International telephone store manager in Kenya.

Auma Obama

Barack Obama's half-sister, born c. 1960.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). 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.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Ruth Ndesandjo

Born Ruth Nidesand, in U.S. c. 1940s, Barack Obama Sr's third wife and a private kindergarten director in Kenya.^[20] Ruth's two sons with Barack Obama, Sr., are Mark and David; her third son, Joseph Ndesandjo, was born c. 1980 from a subsequent marriage to a Tanzanian. David and Mark both went by the name Ndesandjo.^[21]^[22]

Mark Ndesandjo

Barack Obama's half-brother, son of Ruth Nidesand and Barack Obama Sr. ^[23] He runs an Internet company called WorldNexus that advises Chinese corporations how best to reach international customers.^[24]Mark studied physics at Stanford University, and has lived in Shenzhen, China since 2002 and is married to a Chinese woman.^[25]

David Ndesandjo

Barack Obama's half-brother, son of Ruth Nidesand and Barack Obama Sr. Killed in a motorcycle accident.^{[citation needed]}

George Hussein Onyango Obama

Youngest half-brother of Barack Obama, born c.1982, son of Barack Obama Sr.^[26] and a woman in Kenya named Jael who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.^[27]^[28] George was six months old when his father died in an automobile accident, after which he was raised in Nairobi by his mother and a French step-father. He later lived in South Korea for two years while his mother resided there for business reasons.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Zeituni Onyango

Half-sister of Barack Obama Sr.,Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Barack Obama first met Onyango in 1988 in his first trip to Kenya.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).^[29] Onyango's case resulted in an internal investigation to determine the source of a possible leak special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election.^[30] Onyango's case resulted in an special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election. ^[30] Federal Election Commission records show that Onyango donated multiple times to her nephew's campaign, the records compiled by The Huffington Post show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign.^[31] According to The Times the contribution Onyango made was illegal because she is not a US citizen. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Pump worker at the City of Chicago water plantCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Secretary at Spiegel catalog.

Craig Robinson

Michelle Obama's brother, born 1962. Head coach of men's basketball at Oregon State University^[32]

Capers C. Funnye Jr.

Michelle Obama's first cousin once removed: Funnye’s mother, Verdelle Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama’s paternal grandfather, Fraser Robinson Jr., were siblings. One of America's most prominent African American Jews, known for acting as a bridge between mainstream Jewry and African Americans.<ref name=%26quot%3Bweiss%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |first=Anthony |last=Weiss |title=Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14121/ |work=The Forward |date=September 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref>

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Family tree

Notes

^ http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/04/obama.nominee/index.html
^ Chicago Tribune, 2007-03-25, "History of schooling distorted," accessed 2008-10-29.
^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214569_1,00.html
^ Lester, Will (July 23, 2008). "Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/Charles+Payne
^ "Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle’s War Service".
^ Obama Family Tree dgmweb.net
^ Chicago Sun Times article with her picture
^ Obama has links to Malaysia
^ Misner, Jason (2008-06-20). "Barack Obama was here". Burlington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
^ Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "'He helped me find my voice'". Chicago Sun-Times.
^ Gaston, Bruno, 'Nilotic' Link Places Obama's Roots in Southern Sudan, Redding News Review, Atlanta, Sept. 3, 2008
^ Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3BAP-obama-kin%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith". New York Times. 2007-04-30.
^ Wadhams, Nick (2008-10-26). "Obama's family in Kenya weary, wary of media". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-10-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/opinion/06cohen.html
^ Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.
^ Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.
^ Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 265.
^ "Madari Kindergarten".
^ http://www.medweeksa.org/awardwinners/techfirm.htm
^ http://pideafrica.org/aboutus.htm
^ Barack Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US - Times Online
^ Obama half-brother runs Internet company in China
^ 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)
^ Fornek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "HALF-BROTHER GEORGE: 'I would be there for him'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3Blifegood%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_AUNT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3BAP%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Aunt Zeituni in Hub, Obama campaign says
^ "Oregon State University Beavers: Craig Robinson bio". Retrieved 2008-08-21.

References

Malik Obongo Obama
- Obama, Barack (2004). Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 1-4000-8277-3.
- K.H. (2008-06-18). "Hume falsely claimed Obama's half brother told The Jerusalem Post that Obama had a "Muslim background"". Media Matters for America.
- Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "Abongo (Roy) Obama: Certainly the older brother". Chicago Sun-Times.
- "Malik Obama: As president, my brother would be good for Jews". Haaretz. 2008-06-12.
- "Malik Obama says Israel shouldn't worry about Barack's Muslim "connection"". Israel Insider. 2008-06-20.

External links

[1] ttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/04/obama.nominee/index.html

[2] Chicago Tribune, 2007-03-25, "History of schooling distorted," accessed 2008-10-29.

[3] ttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20214569_1,00.html

[4] Lester, Will (July 23, 2008). "Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[5] ttp://my.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/Charles+Payne

[6] "Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle’s War Service".

[7] Obama Family Tree dgmweb.net

[8] Chicago Sun Times article with her picture

[9] Obama has links to Malaysia

[10] Misner, Jason (2008-06-20). "Barack Obama was here". Burlington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

[11] Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09). "'He helped me find my voice'". Chicago Sun-Times.

[12] Gaston, Bruno, 'Nilotic' Link Places Obama's Roots in Southern Sudan, Redding News Review, Atlanta, Sept. 3, 2008

[%26quot%3BAP-obama-kin%26quot%3B-13] Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3BAP-obama-kin%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[14] "A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith". New York Times. 2007-04-30.

[15] Wadhams, Nick (2008-10-26). "Obama's family in Kenya weary, wary of media". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-10-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

[16] ttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/opinion/06cohen.html

[17] Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.

[18] Sanderson, Elizabeth (2008-01-06). "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother". Daily Mail.

[19] Obama, Dreams from my Father, 2004, p. 265.

[20] "Madari Kindergarten".

[21] ttp://www.medweeksa.org/awardwinners/techfirm.htm

[22] ttp://pideafrica.org/aboutus.htm

[23] Barack Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US - Times Online

[24] Obama half-brother runs Internet company in China

[25] 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)

[26] Fornek, Scott (September 9, 2007). "HALF-BROTHER GEORGE: 'I would be there for him'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[%26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B-27] Cite error: The named reference %26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[29] ttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_AUNT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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[31] Aunt Zeituni in Hub, Obama campaign says

[32] "Oregon State University Beavers: Craig Robinson bio". Retrieved 2008-08-21.

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-The '''Obama family''' is an extended family of [[Kenya]]n ([[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo]]), [[African American]], [[English American|English]], and [[Indonesia]]n heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator and [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|Democratic nominee for the 2008 presidential election]], [[Barack Obama]].<ref name="Reitwiesner"><!--Reitwiesner: "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Barack Obama should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft."-->{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html |title=Ancestry of Barack Obama  |accessdate=2008-10-09 |last=Reitwiesner |first=William Addams}}</ref><ref name="soil">{{cite news |first=Shailagh |last=Murray |authorlink=Shailagh Murray |title=A Family Tree Rooted In American Soil: Michelle Obama Learns About Her Slave Ancestors, Herself and Her Country |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103169.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |page=C01 |date=October 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref><ref>Michael Sheridan, and Sarah Baxter, [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ae5895fc29971b172938790be94ab107 "Secrets of Obama Family Unlocked"], Muslim Observer, News Feature, Feb 05, 2007</ref>
+The '''Obama family''' is an extended family of [[Kenya]]n ([[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo]]), [[African American]], [[English American|English]], and [[Indonesia]]n heritage known through the writings and career in politics of U.S. Senator and [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|Democratic nominee for the 2008 presidential election]], [[Barack Obama]].<ref name=%26quot%3BReitwiesner%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%26lt%3B%21--Reitwiesner%3A "The following material on the immediate ancestry of Barack Obama should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft."-->{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html |title=Ancestry of Barack Obama  |accessdate=2008-10-09 |last=Reitwiesner |first=William Addams}}</ref><ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |first=Shailagh |last=Murray |authorlink=Shailagh Murray |title=A Family Tree Rooted In American Soil: Michelle Obama Learns About Her Slave Ancestors, Herself and Her Country |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/01/AR2008100103169.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |page=C01 |date=October 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref><ref>Michael Sheridan, and Sarah Baxter, [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ae5895fc29971b172938790be94ab107 "Secrets of Obama Family Unlocked"], Muslim Observer, News Feature, Feb 05, 2007</ref>
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 [[Image:Ann Dunham with father and children.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Right-to-left:'' [[Barack Obama]] and [[Maya Soetoro-Ng|Maya Soetoro]] with their mother [[Ann Dunham]] and grandfather [[Madelyn and Stanley Dunham|Stanley Dunham]] in Hawaii (early 1970s)]]
-According to Obama's ''[[Dreams from My Father]],'' Obama's great-grandmother Leona McCurry was part Native American, which Obama believed Leona held as a "source of considerable shame" and "blanched whenever someone mentioned the subject and hoped to carry the secret to her grave"; whereas McCurry's daughter (Obama's maternal grandmother) "would turn her head in profile to show off her beaked nose, which along with a pair of jet-black eyes, was offered as proof of Cherokee blood."<ref name="gma">{{cite news|url=http://www.thekansan.com/news/x1311851415/-Toot-Obama-grandmother-a-force-that-shaped-him|title=‘Toot’: Obama grandmother a force that shaped him|date=2008-08-25|publisher=via Associated Press|accessdate=2008-08-29}}</ref> To date, no concrete evidence has surfaced of Cherokee heritage. Obama's maternal heritage consists mostly of English ancestry, and smaller amounts of [[German American|German]] ancestry.<ref name="Reitwiesner"/>
+According to Obama's ''[[Dreams from My Father]],'' Obama's great-grandmother Leona McCurry was part Native American, which Obama believed Leona held as a "source of considerable shame" and "blanched whenever someone mentioned the subject and hoped to carry the secret to her grave"; whereas McCurry's daughter (Obama's maternal grandmother) "would turn her head in profile to show off her beaked nose, which along with a pair of jet-black eyes, was offered as proof of Cherokee blood."<ref name=%26quot%3Bgma%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news|url=http://www.thekansan.com/news/x1311851415/-Toot-Obama-grandmother-a-force-that-shaped-him|title=‘Toot’: Obama grandmother a force that shaped him|date=2008-08-25|publisher=via Associated Press|accessdate=2008-08-29}}</ref> To date, no concrete evidence has surfaced of Cherokee heritage. Obama's maternal heritage consists mostly of English ancestry, and smaller amounts of [[German American|German]] ancestry.<ref name=%26quot%3BReitwiesner%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
 ===Ann Dunham===
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 ===Konrad Ng===
-Brother-in-law of Barack Obama, born 1974. A [[Chinese Canadian]], he is assistant professor at the [[University of Hawaii]]'s Academy of Creative Media.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545473,BSX-News-wotreehh09.article Chicago Sun Times article with her picture]</ref> His parents are from [[Kudat]] and [[Sandakan]], two small towns in [[Sabah, Malaysia]] and he was born and raised in [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]], [[Ontario]].<ref>[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/21/nation/21699676&sec=nation Obama has links to [[Malaysia]]]</ref> Married Maya Soetoro-Ng at the end of 2003 in Hawaii.<ref name=handle>{{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/burlingtonlife/article/384475 |title=Relative: Obama's got 'a good handle on Canada' |date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |last=Nolan |first=Daniel}}</ref> They have one daughter, Suhaila.<ref>{{cite news | first=Daniel | last=Nolan | title=Obama's Burlington connection | date=June 11, 2008 | url=http://www.thespec.com/article/384307 | work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] | accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonpost.com/printarticle/186215 |title=Barack Obama was here |date=2008-06-20 |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=[[Burlington Post]] |last=Misner |first=Jason}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545473,BSX-News-wotreehh09.article |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |title='He helped me find my voice' |first=Scott |last=Fornek |date=2007-09-09}}</ref>
+Brother-in-law of Barack Obama, born 1974. A [[Chinese Canadian]], he is assistant professor at the [[University of Hawaii]]'s Academy of Creative Media.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545473,BSX-News-wotreehh09.article Chicago Sun Times article with her picture]</ref> His parents are from [[Kudat]] and [[Sandakan]], two small towns in [[Sabah, Malaysia]] and he was born and raised in [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]], [[Ontario]].<ref>[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/21/nation/21699676&sec=nation Obama has links to [[Malaysia]]]</ref> Married Maya Soetoro-Ng at the end of 2003 in Hawaii.<ref name=handle%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/burlingtonlife/article/384475 |title=Relative: Obama's got 'a good handle on Canada' |date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |last=Nolan |first=Daniel}}</ref> They have one daughter, Suhaila.<ref>{{cite news | first=Daniel | last=Nolan | title=Obama's Burlington connection | date=June 11, 2008 | url=http://www.thespec.com/article/384307 | work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] | accessdate=2008-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burlingtonpost.com/printarticle/186215 |title=Barack Obama was here |date=2008-06-20 |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=[[Burlington Post]] |last=Misner |first=Jason}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545473,BSX-News-wotreehh09.article |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |title='He helped me find my voice' |first=Scott |last=Fornek |date=2007-09-09}}</ref>
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 The Obamas are a members of the [[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo tribe]]. The Luo are [[Kenya]]'s third-largest ethnic group and are largely concentrated in the western province of [[Nyanza Province|Nyanza]]. According to renowned Luo historian [[Bethwell Allan Ogot|Bethwell Ogot]], in his book "History of the Southern Luo: Volume 1 Migration and Settlement," the Luos probably originated in [[Southern Sudan]].<ref>Gaston, Bruno, [http://reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2008newspages/nilotic_link_places_obama_08_091000196.htm 'Nilotic' Link Places Obama's Roots in Southern Sudan], Redding News Review, Atlanta, Sept. 3, 2008</ref>
-Besides Senator Obama, Barack Obama Sr. fathered six other sons and a daughter. All but one live in Britain or the United States.<ref name="genealogy">[http://genealogy.about.com/od/aframertrees/p/barack_obama.htm Ancestry of Barack Obama]</ref>
+Besides Senator Obama, Barack Obama Sr. fathered six other sons and a daughter. All but one live in Britain or the United States.<ref name=%26quot%3Bgenealogy%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Fgenealogy%2Eabout%2Ecom%2Fod%2Faframertrees%2Fp%2Fbarack_obama%2Ehtm Ancestry of Barack Obama]</ref>
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-Barack Obama's paternal grandfather (c. 1895-1979) who worked as a mission cook. He joined the [[History of the British Army#orld War I (1914&ndash;18)|British Army]] during [[World War I]]. Originally a [[Roman Catholic]], he took the name ''Hussein'' when he converted to [[Islam]], a name that he passed on to his children.<ref name="AP-obama-kin">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-05-obama-kin_N.htm|title=Obama's grandma slams 'untruths'|date=2008-03-05|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
+Barack Obama's paternal grandfather (c. 1895-1979) who worked as a mission cook. He joined the [[History of the British Army#orld War I (1914&ndash;18)|British Army]] during [[World War I]]. Originally a [[Roman Catholic]], he took the name ''Hussein'' when he converted to [[Islam]], a name and religion that he passed on to his children.<ref name=%26quot%3BAP-obama-kin%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-05-obama-kin_N.htm|title=Obama's grandma slams 'untruths'|date=2008-03-05|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
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 ===Sarah Obama===
-Paternal step-grandmother of Barack Obama, born 1922.<ref name="allafrica1">[http://allafrica.com/stories/200408160533.html?page=2 allAfrica.com: Kenya: Special Report: Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots (Page 2 of 2)]</ref>  Also known, through the addition of her late husband's name, as Sarah Onyango Obama,<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3142143.ece In Kenya, Barack Obama’s family prays for end to conflict - Times Online]</ref> and sometimes referred to as  Sarah Ogwel, Sarah Hussein Obama or Sarah Anyango Obama,<ref name="Time">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717590,00.html?xid=rss-topstories|title=Dreams from Obama's Grandmother|last=Crilly|first=Rob|date=February 27, 2008|publisher=Time Magazine, Inc. |accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref> she lives in [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]] village, 30 miles west of western [[Kenya]]'s main town, [[Kisumu]], on the edge of [[Lake Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/09/wuspols1009.xml|title=Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives keep faith|first=Mike|last=Pflanz|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=2008-01-11}}</ref><ref name="chicsuntimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545459,BSX-News-wotreeu09.article|title=Sarah Obama - 'Sparkling, laughing eyes'|first=Scott|last=Fornek|publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=2007-09-09}}</ref>
+Paternal step-grandmother of Barack Obama, born 1922.<ref name=%26quot%3Ballafrica1%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica%2Ecom%2Fstories%2F200408160533%2Ehtml%3Fpage%3D2 allAfrica.com: Kenya: Special Report: Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots (Page 2 of 2)]</ref>  Also known, through the addition of her late husband's name, as Sarah Onyango Obama,<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3142143.ece In Kenya, Barack Obama’s family prays for end to conflict - Times Online]</ref> and sometimes referred to as  Sarah Ogwel, Sarah Hussein Obama or Sarah Anyango Obama,<ref name=%26quot%3BTime%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717590,00.html?xid=rss-topstories|title=Dreams from Obama's Grandmother|last=Crilly|first=Rob|date=February 27, 2008|publisher=Time Magazine, Inc. |accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref> she lives in [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]] village, 30 miles west of western [[Kenya]]'s main town, [[Kisumu]], on the edge of [[Lake Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/09/wuspols1009.xml|title=Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives keep faith|first=Mike|last=Pflanz|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=2008-01-11}}</ref><ref name=%26quot%3Bchicsuntimes%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545459,BSX-News-wotreeu09.article|title=Sarah Obama - 'Sparkling, laughing eyes'|first=Scott|last=Fornek|publisher=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=2007-09-09}}</ref>
-Sarah Obama was the third wife of Obama's paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama (c. 1895-1979<ref name="allafrica1"/>). Although not a blood relation, Barack Obama nevertheless calls her "Granny Sarah".<ref name="Time" /><ref name="CNN">{{cite web|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikg6gj71U9k|title=Barack Obama in Kenya}}</ref> She was just 16 when she married Obama's grandfather, an older man who was her father's friend.<ref name="chicsuntimes"/>
+Sarah Obama was the third wife of Obama's paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama (c. 1895-1979<ref name=%26quot%3Ballafrica1%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B%29%2E Although not a blood relation, Barack Obama nevertheless calls her "Granny Sarah".<ref name=%26quot%3BTime%26quot%3B /><ref name=%26quot%3BCNN%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite web|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikg6gj71U9k|title=Barack Obama in Kenya}}</ref> She was just 16 when she married Obama's grandfather, an older man who was her father's friend.<ref name=%26quot%3Bchicsuntimes%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
-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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3142143.ece|title=In Kenya, Barack Obama's family prays for end to conflict|date=2008-01-07|first=Jonathan|last=Clayton|publisher=[[The Times]]}}</ref> She recently publicly complained about false reports about Senator Obama's religion. In March 2008, she stated in an interview with ''USA Today'' that he is a [[Christian]], just as she is.<ref name="AP-obama-kin" /> In a previous interview with the ''New York Times'', however, she had professed to be "a strong believer of the Islamic faith."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin|title=A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith|date=2007-04-30|publisher=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> Initially welcoming reporters, she now shuns media attention, wary that her words and actions could be misconstrued and used against her step grandson.<ref>{{cite news | first=Nick | last=Wadhams | title=Obama's family in Kenya weary, wary of media | date=2008-[[October 26|10-26]] | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/26/MNCV13INNO.DTL | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | accessdate=2008-[[October 26|10-26]]}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3142143.ece|title=In Kenya, Barack Obama's family prays for end to conflict|date=2008-01-07|first=Jonathan|last=Clayton|publisher=[[The Times]]}}</ref> She recently publicly complained about false reports about Senator Obama's religion. In March 2008, she lied in an interview with ''USA Today'' saying that he is a [[Christian]], just as she is.<ref name=%26quot%3BAP-obama-kin%26quot%3B /> However, in a previous interview with the ''New York Times'', she had professed that Senator Obama and herself were "strong believers of the Islamic faith."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin|title=A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith|date=2007-04-30|publisher=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> Initially welcoming reporters, she now shuns media attention, wary that her words and actions could be misconstrued and used against her step grandson.<ref>{{cite news | first=Nick | last=Wadhams | title=Obama's family in Kenya weary, wary of media | date=2008-[[October 26|10-26]] | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/26/MNCV13INNO.DTL | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | accessdate=2008-[[October 26|10-26]]}}</ref>
-On July 4, 2008 she attended the Independence Day celebrations in Nairobi, hosted by Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador in Kenya.<ref name="granny">Daily Nation, July 8, 2008: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=126870 Obama granny's day out with envoys and top politicians]</ref> Sarah, who speaks [[Dholuo language|Luo]] and only a few words of English, communicates with Senator Obama through an interpreter.
+On July 4, 2008 she attended the Independence Day celebrations in Nairobi, hosted by Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador in Kenya.<ref name=%26quot%3Bgranny%26quot%3B%26gt%3BDaily Nation, July 8, 2008: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=126870 Obama granny's day out with envoys and top politicians]</ref> Sarah, who speaks [[Dholuo language|Luo]] and only a few words of English, communicates with Senator Obama through an interpreter.
 ===Kezia Obama===
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 ===Malik Obama===
-Barack Obama's half-brother, also known as Abongo or Roy, born c. March, 1958,<ref>{{cite news |title=Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother |work=Daily Mail |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506338/Barack-Obamas-stepmother-living-Bracknell-reveals-close-bond---mother.html |first=Elizabeth |last=Sanderson |date=2008-01-06}}</ref>, son of Barack Obama, Sr. with his first wife, Kezia.<ref name=factcheck>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/from-the-fact-c.html |publisher=ABC News |title=From the Fact Check Desk: What Did Obama's Half-Brother Say About Obama's Background |date=2008-06-18 |author=jpt}}</ref> Malik Obama was born and raised in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].<ref name=slowlane>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6333496 |publisher=The Associated Press |title=Obama's Brother Chooses Life in Slow Lane |first=Tom |last=Maliti |date=2004-10-26}}</ref> He earned a degree in accounting from the [[University of Nairobi]].<ref>Obama, ''Dreams from my Father'', 2004, p. 265.</ref> He met his half-brother for the first time in 1985<ref name=slowlane/> when Barack flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C. to visit him.<ref>Obama, ''Dreams from my Father'', 2004, p. 262.</ref> Malik and his half-brother Barack were [[best man|best men]] at each other's weddings.<ref name=slowlane/> 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.<ref name=sleepy/>
+Barack Obama's half-brother, also known as Abongo or Roy, born c. March, 1958,<ref>{{cite news |title=Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother |work=Daily Mail |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506338/Barack-Obamas-stepmother-living-Bracknell-reveals-close-bond---mother.html |first=Elizabeth |last=Sanderson |date=2008-01-06}}</ref>, son of Barack Obama, Sr. with his first wife, Kezia.<ref name=factcheck%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/from-the-fact-c.html |publisher=ABC News |title=From the Fact Check Desk: What Did Obama's Half-Brother Say About Obama's Background |date=2008-06-18 |author=jpt}}</ref> Malik Obama was born and raised in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].<ref name=slowlane%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6333496 |publisher=The Associated Press |title=Obama's Brother Chooses Life in Slow Lane |first=Tom |last=Maliti |date=2004-10-26}}</ref> He earned a degree in accounting from the [[University of Nairobi]].<ref>Obama, ''Dreams from my Father'', 2004, p. 265.</ref> He met his half-brother for the first time in 1985<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B when Barack flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C. to visit him.<ref>Obama, ''Dreams from my Father'', 2004, p. 262.</ref> Malik and his half-brother Barack were [[best man|best men]] at each other's weddings.<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B 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.<ref name=sleepy%2F%26gt%3B
-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".<ref name="Ochieng">{{cite news | url=http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-11.html | title=From Home Squared to the US Senate:  How Barack Obama Was Lost and Found | author=Philip Ochieng | work=The East African | date=2004-11-01 | accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref> A frequent visitor to the United States,<ref name=sleepy>*{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200408160533.html |work=The Daily Nation |title=Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots |date=2004-08-15 |first=John |last=Oywa}}</ref> and consultant in [[Washington, D.C.]] for several months per year,<ref name=slowlane/> 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.<ref name=slowlane/> He ran a small electronics shop a half hour drive outside of town.<ref name=slowlane/> All of his father's other surviving children were living in the United States or England.<ref name=slowlane/>
+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".<ref name=%26quot%3BOchieng%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news | url=http://www.nationmedia.com/EastAfrican/01112004/Features/PA2-11.html | title=From Home Squared to the US Senate:  How Barack Obama Was Lost and Found | author=Philip Ochieng | work=The East African | date=2004-11-01 | accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref> A frequent visitor to the United States,<ref name=sleepy%26gt%3B%2A%7B%7Bcite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200408160533.html |work=The Daily Nation |title=Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots |date=2004-08-15 |first=John |last=Oywa}}</ref> and consultant in [[Washington, D.C.]] for several months per year,<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B 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.<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B He ran a small electronics shop a half hour drive outside of town.<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B All of his father's other surviving children were living in the United States or England.<ref name=slowlane%2F%26gt%3B
 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.<ref>{{cite news |work=Daily Nation |title=We cannot lay claims on Obama; he's not one of us - Obama in this world |url=http://www.nationmedia.com<!--courtesy link is spamblocked: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030293/posts--> |first=Rasna |last=Warah |date=2008-06-09 |accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref>
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 ===Auma Obama===
-Barack Obama's half-sister, born c. 1960.<ref name="Auma">{{cite news | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545465,BSX-News-wotreew09.article | title=AUMA OBAMA: 'Her restlessness, her independence' | author=Scott Fornek | publisher=''Chicago Sun Times'' | date=2007-09-09|accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref> As of July 2008, development worker in [[Kenya]].<ref name="spiegeljul08">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,567286,00.html|title=Studentin in der Bundesrepublik: Wie Auma Obama mit Deutschland haderte|last=Gathmann|first=Florian|coauthors=Gregor Peter Schmitz, Jochen Schönmann|date=July 24, 2008|publisher=[[Spiegel Online]]|language=German|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> 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 [[Labour (economics)|labor]] in Germany and its literary reflections.<ref name="spiegeljul08"/> Auma Obama is resident in London, where she married in 1996 to [[English people|Englishman]] Ian Manners and they have a daughter named Akinyi (b. 1997).<ref name="spiegeljul08"/>{{Verify source|date=October 2008}}
+Barack Obama's half-sister, born c. 1960.<ref name=%26quot%3BAuma%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news | url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545465,BSX-News-wotreew09.article | title=AUMA OBAMA: 'Her restlessness, her independence' | author=Scott Fornek | publisher=''Chicago Sun Times'' | date=2007-09-09|accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref> As of July 2008, development worker in [[Kenya]].<ref name=%26quot%3Bspiegeljul08%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,567286,00.html|title=Studentin in der Bundesrepublik: Wie Auma Obama mit Deutschland haderte|last=Gathmann|first=Florian|coauthors=Gregor Peter Schmitz, Jochen Schönmann|date=July 24, 2008|publisher=[[Spiegel Online]]|language=German|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref> 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 [[Labour (economics)|labor]] in Germany and its literary reflections.<ref name=%26quot%3Bspiegeljul08%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B Auma Obama is resident in London, where she married in 1996 to [[English people|Englishman]] Ian Manners and they have a daughter named Akinyi (b. 1997).<ref name=%26quot%3Bspiegeljul08%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B%7B%7BVerify source|date=October 2008}}
 ===Bernard Obama===
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 ===George Hussein Onyango Obama===
-Youngest half-brother of Barack Obama, born c.1982, son of Barack Obama Sr.<ref>{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fornek |title=HALF-BROTHER GEORGE: 'I would be there for him' |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545447,BSX-News-wotreecc09.stng |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=September 9, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref> and a woman in Kenya named Jael who now lives in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name="myinspiration" /><ref name="lifegood" /> George was six months old when his father died in an automobile accident, after which he was raised in Nairobi by his mother and a French step-father. He later lived in South Korea for two years while his mother resided there for business reasons.<ref name="myinspiration"/> Returning to Kenya, George Obama was homeless for several years ("slept rough")<ref name="myinspiration"/>, then was given a home by his aunt in a six-by-eight foot corrugated metal shack in the [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] slum of [[Huruma Flats]].<ref name="myinspiration">{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Pflanz |title=Barack Obama is my inspiration, says lost brother  |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2595688/Barack-Obama-is-my-inspiration-says-lost-brother.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 21, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref> Today, George Obama is studying to become a mechanic. After the Italian language edition of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] quoted George Obama as being "ashamed" of being related to Barack Obama {{Fact|date=October 2008}}, the British '' Daily Telegraph's'' contradicted this, with George Obama saying he was "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"<ref name="lifegood">{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Crilly |title=Life is good in my Nairobi slum, says Barack Obama's younger brother |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4583353.ece |work=[[The Times]] |date=August 22, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref><ref name="telegraph20081020">{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2590614/Barack-Obamas-lost-brother-found-in-Kenya.html | title=Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya | last=Pisa | first=Nick | date=August 20, 2008 | accessdate=2008-08-20 | publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[CNN]]'', George Obama said that he will have none of the criticism against Barack Obama. He said that he drew inspiration from his famous half-brother and that he "knows that his half-brother will be the next president.... I was brought up well. I live well even now. The magazines, they have exaggerated everything... I think I kind of like it here. There are some challenges, but maybe it is just like where you come from, there are the same challenges."<ref name="lifegood" /><ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=McKenzie | title=Behind the Scenes: Meet George Obama | date=2008-[[August 23|08-23]] | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/22/bts.obama.brother/ | work=[[CNN]] | accessdate=2008-[[October 26|10-26]]}}</ref>
+Youngest half-brother of Barack Obama, born c.1982, son of Barack Obama Sr.<ref>{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fornek |title=HALF-BROTHER GEORGE: 'I would be there for him' |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/familytree/545447,BSX-News-wotreecc09.stng |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=September 9, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref> and a woman in Kenya named Jael who now lives in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name=%26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B /><ref name=%26quot%3Blifegood%26quot%3B /> George was six months old when his father died in an automobile accident, after which he was raised in Nairobi by his mother and a French step-father. He later lived in South Korea for two years while his mother resided there for business reasons.<ref name=%26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B Returning to Kenya, George Obama was homeless for several years ("slept rough")<ref name=%26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B%2C then was given a home by his aunt in a six-by-eight foot corrugated metal shack in the [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] slum of [[Huruma Flats]].<ref name=%26quot%3Bmyinspiration%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |first=Mike |last=Pflanz |title=Barack Obama is my inspiration, says lost brother  |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2595688/Barack-Obama-is-my-inspiration-says-lost-brother.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 21, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref> Today, George Obama is studying to become a mechanic. After the Italian language edition of [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']] quoted George Obama as being "ashamed" of being related to Barack Obama {{Fact|date=October 2008}}, the British '' Daily Telegraph's'' contradicted this, with George Obama saying he was "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"<ref name=%26quot%3Blifegood%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |first=Rob |last=Crilly |title=Life is good in my Nairobi slum, says Barack Obama's younger brother |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4583353.ece |work=[[The Times]] |date=August 22, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref><ref name=%26quot%3Btelegraph20081020%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2590614/Barack-Obamas-lost-brother-found-in-Kenya.html | title=Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya | last=Pisa | first=Nick | date=August 20, 2008 | accessdate=2008-08-20 | publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[CNN]]'', George Obama said that he will have none of the criticism against Barack Obama. He said that he drew inspiration from his famous half-brother and that he "knows that his half-brother will be the next president.... I was brought up well. I live well even now. The magazines, they have exaggerated everything... I think I kind of like it here. There are some challenges, but maybe it is just like where you come from, there are the same challenges."<ref name=%26quot%3Blifegood%26quot%3B /><ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=McKenzie | title=Behind the Scenes: Meet George Obama | date=2008-[[August 23|08-23]] | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/22/bts.obama.brother/ | work=[[CNN]] | accessdate=2008-[[October 26|10-26]]}}</ref>
 ===Zeituni Onyango===
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 {{main|Zeituni Onyango}}
-Half-sister of [[Barack Obama Sr.]],<ref name="MSNBC">[http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/31/1620851.aspx First read, MSNBC]</ref> born May 29, 1952 in [[Kenya]],<ref name="theaustralian">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24578185-5017121,00.html</ref> Onyango is referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Senator Obama's memoir, ''[[Dreams from My Father]]''.<ref>[http://bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1128958&format=text Boston Housing Authority ‘flabbergastered’ Barack Obama’s aunt living in Southie]</ref> Barack Obama first met Onyango in 1988 in his first trip to Kenya.<ref name="theaustralian"/> She worked as a computer programmer at Kenya Breweries in Nairobi during that period. Onyango suffers from a physical disability and uses a [[walking stick]].<ref name="theaustralian"/> She claims to have visited the United States multiple times since 1975, and to have returned to Kenya each time.<ref name="theaustralian"/>
+Half-sister of [[Barack Obama Sr.]],<ref name=%26quot%3BMSNBC%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Ffirstread%2Emsnbc%2Emsn%2Ecom%2Farchive%2F2008%2F10%2F31%2F1620851%2Easpx First read, MSNBC]</ref> born May 29, 1952 in [[Kenya]],<ref name=%26quot%3Btheaustralian%26quot%3B%26gt%3Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etheaustralian%2Enews%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fstory%2F0%2C25197%2C24578185-5017121%2C00%2Ehtml%26lt%3B%2Fref%26gt%3B Onyango is referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Senator Obama's memoir, ''[[Dreams from My Father]]''.<ref>[http://bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=1128958&format=text Boston Housing Authority ‘flabbergastered’ Barack Obama’s aunt living in Southie]</ref> Barack Obama first met Onyango in 1988 in his first trip to Kenya.<ref name=%26quot%3Btheaustralian%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B She worked as a computer programmer at Kenya Breweries in Nairobi during that period. Onyango suffers from a physical disability and uses a [[walking stick]].<ref name=%26quot%3Btheaustralian%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B She claims to have visited the United States multiple times since 1975, and to have returned to Kenya each time.<ref name=%26quot%3Btheaustralian%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
-By 2008, Onyango had been living quietly in a [[South Boston]] [[public housing]] project, according to Boston Public Housing Authority officials.<ref name=voices>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/31/for_obama_aunt_a_quiet_south_b.html For Obama Aunt, a Quiet South Boston Life]</ref> William McGonigle, deputy director of the Authority, called Onyango a "delightful lady" and "a great resident" who did a "wonderful job" as a public health advocate. He commented that Oyango was "not looking for fame or notoriety, and we were as surprised as anyone to learn she was related to the Democratic nominee."<ref name=voices>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/31/for_obama_aunt_a_quiet_south_b.html</ref> Onyango worked as a volunteer computer systems co-ordinator for the Experience Corps, a program in which adults over 55 mentor children in their communities.<ref name="theaustralian"/>
+By 2008, Onyango had been living quietly in a [[South Boston]] [[public housing]] project, according to Boston Public Housing Authority officials.<ref name=voices%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Fvoices%2Ewashingtonpost%2Ecom%2Fthe-trail%2F2008%2F10%2F31%2Ffor_obama_aunt_a_quiet_south_b%2Ehtml For Obama Aunt, a Quiet South Boston Life]</ref> William McGonigle, deputy director of the Authority, called Onyango a "delightful lady" and "a great resident" who did a "wonderful job" as a public health advocate. He commented that Oyango was "not looking for fame or notoriety, and we were as surprised as anyone to learn she was related to the Democratic nominee."<ref name=voices%26gt%3Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fvoices%2Ewashingtonpost%2Ecom%2Fthe-trail%2F2008%2F10%2F31%2Ffor_obama_aunt_a_quiet_south_b%2Ehtml%26lt%3B%2Fref%26gt%3B Onyango worked as a volunteer computer systems co-ordinator for the Experience Corps, a program in which adults over 55 mentor children in their communities.<ref name=%26quot%3Btheaustralian%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
-Onyango became the subject of media attention in the final week of the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 U.S. presidential election]] in which Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate. The impetus for the scrutiny was an article by the [[Associated Press]], based on anonymous government sources, which reported that Onyango was living in the United States without valid immigration status, after being asked to leave the country.<ref name="AP">Associated Press [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVVj5SjAgqpjIbqdmcOB74FtqRIAD945TB601 AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally]</ref><ref>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_AUNT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</ref> Onyango's case resulted in an internal investigation to determine the source of a possible leak special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election.<ref name="AP" />
+Onyango became the subject of media attention in the final week of the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 U.S. presidential election]] in which Barack Obama was the Democratic candidate. The impetus for the scrutiny was an article by the [[Associated Press]], based on anonymous government sources, which reported that Onyango was living in the United States without valid immigration status, after being asked to leave the country.<ref name=%26quot%3BAP%26quot%3B%26gt%3BAssociated Press [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVVj5SjAgqpjIbqdmcOB74FtqRIAD945TB601 AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally]</ref><ref>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA_AUNT?SITE=NYPLA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</ref> Onyango's case resulted in an internal investigation to determine the source of a possible leak special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election.<ref name=%26quot%3BAP%26quot%3B />
-Onyango's case resulted in an special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election. <ref name="AP" />  [[Federal Election Commission]] records show that Onyango donated multiple times to her nephew's campaign, the records compiled by [[The Huffington Post]] show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/31/aunt_zeituni_in_hub_obama_campaign_says/ Aunt Zeituni in Hub, Obama campaign says]</ref> According to [[The Times]] the contribution Onyango made was illegal because she is not a US citizen. <ref name="times">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5061593.ece Barack Obama's 'Auntie Zeituni' made illegal contributions to his campaign]</ref>Political campaigns are required to make "best efforts" to verify that contributors are US citizens according to a Federal Election Commission spokesman.<ref name="times" />
+Onyango's case resulted in an special nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations to be approved at the level of ICE regional directors before the U.S presidential election. <ref name=%26quot%3BAP%26quot%3B />  [[Federal Election Commission]] records show that Onyango donated multiple times to her nephew's campaign, the records compiled by [[The Huffington Post]] show she gave a total of $260 to the campaign.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/31/aunt_zeituni_in_hub_obama_campaign_says/ Aunt Zeituni in Hub, Obama campaign says]</ref> According to [[The Times]] the contribution Onyango made was illegal because she is not a US citizen. <ref name=%26quot%3Btimes%26quot%3B%26gt%3B[http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etimesonline%2Eco%2Euk%2Ftol%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fus_and_americas%2Fus_elections%2Farticle5061593%2Eece Barack Obama's 'Auntie Zeituni' made illegal contributions to his campaign]</ref>Political campaigns are required to make "best efforts" to verify that contributors are US citizens according to a Federal Election Commission spokesman.<ref name=%26quot%3Btimes%26quot%3B />
 === Yusuf Obama and Said Hussein Obama ===
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 [[Image:Fraser Robinson, Sr.jpg|thumb|[[Fraser Robinson, Sr.]] (1884–1936) of South Carolina, shown in an old photo along with his wife, Rosella Cohen Robinson, in its background]]
-Barack Obama has called his wife Michelle "the most quintessentially American woman I know."<ref name="soil"/>  Her family is of [[African American]] heritage, descendants of Africans of the [[Colonial history of the United States|American Colonial Era]]. Michelle Obama's family history traces back from [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] to [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] to the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration North]]. Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].
+Barack Obama has called his wife Michelle "the most quintessentially American woman I know."<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B  Her family is of [[African American]] heritage, descendants of Africans of the [[Colonial history of the United States|American Colonial Era]]. Michelle Obama's family history traces back from [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] to [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] to the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration North]]. Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in [[South Carolina]].
-Michelle's earliest known relative is her great-great grandfather Jim Robinson, born in the 1850s, who was an American [[slavery|slave]] on the Friendfield plantation in South Carolina. The family believes that after the Civil War he remained a Friendfield plantation [[sharecropper]] for the rest of his life and that he was buried there in an unmarked grave.<ref name="soil"/>
+Michelle's earliest known relative is her great-great grandfather Jim Robinson, born in the 1850s, who was an American [[slavery|slave]] on the Friendfield plantation in South Carolina. The family believes that after the Civil War he remained a Friendfield plantation [[sharecropper]] for the rest of his life and that he was buried there in an unmarked grave.<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
-Jim had two sons, Gabriel and Fraser, Michelle Obama's great-grandfather. Fraser had an arm amputated as a result of a boyhood injury. He worked as a shoemaker, newspaper salesman and in a lumber mill and was married to Rosella Cohen.<ref name="soil"/> Carrie Nelson, Gabriel Robinson's daughter, now 80, is the oldest living Robinson and the keeper of family lore.<ref name="soil"/>
+Jim had two sons, Gabriel and Fraser, Michelle Obama's great-grandfather. Fraser had an arm amputated as a result of a boyhood injury. He worked as a shoemaker, newspaper salesman and in a lumber mill and was married to Rosella Cohen.<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B Carrie Nelson, Gabriel Robinson's daughter, now 80, is the oldest living Robinson and the keeper of family lore.<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
 At least three of Michelle Obama's great-uncles served honorably in the [[military of the United States]]. One aunt moved to [[Princeton, New Jersey]], where she worked as a maid, and cooked [[Soul food|Southern-style meals]] for Michelle and her brother, Craig, when they were students at [[Princeton University]].
 ===Fraser Robinson, Jr.===
-Michelle Obama's grandfather was born in 1912 in Georgetown, South Carolina, and died in 1996. He was a good student and orator, but moved from South Carolina to Chicago hoping to find better work than what he could find at home. However, all that was available to him was to be a postal worker.  He was married to LaVaughn Johnson. When he retired, they moved back to South Carolina.<ref name="soil"/>
+Michelle Obama's grandfather was born in 1912 in Georgetown, South Carolina, and died in 1996. He was a good student and orator, but moved from South Carolina to Chicago hoping to find better work than what he could find at home. However, all that was available to him was to be a postal worker.  He was married to LaVaughn Johnson. When he retired, they moved back to South Carolina.<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
 ===Fraser Robinson III===
-Michelle Obama's father, born 1935, died 1990.<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I105855</ref> Pump worker at the City of Chicago water plant<ref name="soil"/>
+Michelle Obama's father, born 1935, died 1990.<ref>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I105855</ref> Pump worker at the City of Chicago water plant<ref name=%26quot%3Bsoil%26quot%3B%2F%26gt%3B
 ===Marian Robinson===
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 ===Capers C. Funnye Jr.===
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-Michelle Obama's first cousin once removed: Funnye’s mother, Verdelle Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama’s paternal grandfather, Fraser Robinson Jr., were siblings. One of America's most prominent African American Jews, known for acting as a bridge between mainstream Jewry and African Americans.<ref name="weiss">{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Weiss |title=Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14121/ |work=[[The Forward]] |date=September 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref>
+Michelle Obama's first cousin once removed: Funnye’s mother, Verdelle Robinson Funnye (born Verdelle Robinson) and Michelle Obama’s paternal grandfather, Fraser Robinson Jr., were siblings. One of America's most prominent African American Jews, known for acting as a bridge between mainstream Jewry and African Americans.<ref name=%26quot%3Bweiss%26quot%3B%26gt%3B%7B%7Bcite news |first=Anthony |last=Weiss |title=Michelle Obama Has a Rabbi in Her Family |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/14121/ |work=[[The Forward]] |date=September 2, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref>
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