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Obama Sr.'s first wife, Kezia, later said she had granted her consent for him to marry a second wife in keeping with Luo customs. [23] On August 4, 1961, at the age of 18, Dunham gave birth to her first child, Barack Obama, in Honolulu. [24] Friends in the state of Washington recall her visiting with her month-old baby in 1961.
At 10 years old, Barack Obama moved in with the Dunhams in Honolulu to attend school in the U.S. while his mother and stepfather Lolo Soetoro were living in Jakarta, Indonesia. His mother later came back to Hawaii to pursue graduate studies, but when she returned to Indonesia in 1977 for her master's fieldwork, Obama stayed in the United States ...
Marian Lois Robinson (née Shields; July 30, 1937 – May 31, 2024) was the mother of Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States, and Craig Robinson, a basketball executive. She was the mother-in-law of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She worked as a secretary and executive assistant before and after raising ...
(Left to right) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama stands on stage with his mother-in-law Marian Robinson, Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s mother Jean, and Joe Biden during an election night ...
WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, has died, according to a family statement shared with NBC News. Robinson was 86 years old.
Barack Obama was raised by his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, and maternal grandparents Madelyn and Stanley Dunham. [53] [54] He often referred to his family during his candidacy and two terms as president. [55] [56] [57] Obama's maternal heritage consists mostly of English ancestry, with smaller amounts of German, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and Swiss ...
Michelle and Barack Obama are mourning the death of their family matriarch, Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson. She was 86 years old.A lengthy family tribute posted on the former president's ...
Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., the university's first foreign student from an African nation, [4] hailed from Oriang' Kogelo, Rachuonyo North District, in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya. [2] [5] Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann, had been born in Wichita. They married on the Hawaiian island of Maui on February 2, 1961. [6]