Madelyn Dunham

Madelyn Dunham

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (born October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was Barack Obama's maternal grandmother. She was married to Stanley Dunham and gave birth to Ann Dunham Soetoro. Madelyn and Stanley raised Barack Obama from age 10 in... [more]

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (born October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was Barack Obama's maternal grandmother. She was married to Stanley Dunham and gave birth to Ann Dunham Soetoro. Madelyn and Stanley raised Barack Obama from age 10 in Hawaii, where she died Nov. 2, 2008, just two days before Obama was elected president.

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Barack Obama childhood...!

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Interesting events and pictures of the new US President Barack Obama's life. The biggest collection ever....All of them put together ! Picture taken with his mother Barack Obama Sr. poses with his son in the honolulu airport during Obama Sr's. only visit to see his son whilw he was growing up in Hawaii.young Barack was in the 5th grade when the photo was taken. Barack Obama Sr.,a native of kenya,met his future wife while they were studentat the University of Hawaii. in 1963,he essentislly abandoned his family to continue his studies at harvard. Grand parents and his mother: THE DUNHAMS: precocious, self-assuredStanley Ann (left); ... Read Full Story

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S MOTHER IS NOW A MORMON, Posted by Robert Paisola

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United States President Barack Obama's Mother baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Robert Paisola Reports FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH APRIL 30, 2009 Copyright Western Capital Multimedia 2009, All Rights Reserved While Barack Hussein Obama, now president of our country, was hot on the presidential campaign trail in 2008, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posthumously baptized Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham. Barack Obama's mother was baptized on June 4, 2008 in the Provo Utah Temple, and "endowed" in the same LDS temple on June 11, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama Barack Obama was born at the Kapi'olani ... Read Full Story
 

Obama's Sister: An E-Mail on Her Brother and Grandmother

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Like it? Share it! Newsletter Sign up for our Daily newsletter to stay updated... Advertisements BARACK OBAMA Networking Member of the Boxxet Network of Blogs, Videos and Photos Syndicate this Site   Subscribe to the News   Subscribe to the Listen Section   Subscribe to Rev Run's Section Home Soulfull News By Curt and Jamila Hayman (Chief Editors), on Thursday Nov, 13 2008 10:45:45 am MST Barack Obama 's sister has not emerged in public since the death of their grandmother two days before her brother's historic presidential election, but in a post-election e-mail to close friends, Maya Soetoro-Ng said, "I wept tears of ... Read Full Story

Obama attends memorial for his grandmother

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Enlarge By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu Advertiser HONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama spent much of Tuesday honoring the memory of the grandmother who raised him, and then scattering her ashes at Länaçi Lookout on Oahu's rugged southeast coastline, the same spot where Obama scattered the ashes of his mother after her death in 1995. The White House press corps that¹s traveling with Obama on his third Hawaii visit of the year was not allowed into the First Unitarian Church for a one-hour service in memory of Madelyn Dunham, who died of cancer at the age of 86 just two days before Obama¹s presidential victory. And ... Read Full Story

Was young Obama Indonesian citizen?

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JERUSALEM - Was Sen. Barack Obama a citizen of Indonesia at any point in his life? That question has been circulating on the blogosphere with increased fury the past few days, since a photograph emerged of Obama’s school registration papers as a child in Indonesia - the world’s most populous Muslim nation - showing the presidential candidate listed as a “Muslim” with “Indonesian” citizenship. An investigation into Indonesian citizenship law and a review of Obama’s biography and travels suggest the Illinois senator at one point may have been a citizen of Indonesia. That would not necessarily disqualify Obama to run for president, but it ... Read Full Story
 
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama (born Aug. 4, 1961) is the first African American to be elected president of the United States. He was formerly the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is married to Michelle Obama and has two daughters: Malia and Sasha.

Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama, (born Jan. 17, 1964) is an attorney and the wife of Barack Obama. Michelle was born in Chicago and can trace her lineage to pre-Civil War black slaves in the American South.

Malia Obama

Malia Ann Obama, (born 1998) is the oldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama. Her Secret Service codename is "Radiance."

Sasha Obama
Sasha Obama (born 2001) is the youngest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama. She is also the youngest child to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. Sasha's Secret Service nickname is "Rosebud."

Madelyn Dunham
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (born October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was Barack Obama's maternal grandmother. She was married to Stanley Dunham and gave birth to Ann Dunham Soetoro. Madelyn and Stanley raised Barack Obama from age 10 in Hawaii, where she died Nov. 2, 2008, just two days before Obama was elected president.

Ann Dunham Soetoro
Ann Dunham Soetoro (born Nov. 29, 1942 - Nov. 7, 1995) was born Stanley Ann Dunham and was later known as Ann Obama; S. Ann Dunham Soetoro; and Ann Dunham Sutoro. She was an anthropologist born in Kansas. She married Barack Obama, Sr. in 1961 before giving birth to Barack Obama, Jr. The two soon divorced after Obama Sr. went to study at Harvard. She later married Lolo Soetoro in 1967 and gave birth to Maya Soetoro-Ng.

Barack Obama, Sr.
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. (born 1936 - Nov. 24, 1982) was a Kenyan economist who studied at the University of Hawaii and later at Harvard. Obama was briefly married to Ann Dunham Soetoro, who gave birth to the couple's only child together: Barack Obama, Jr.

George Obama
George Hussein Onyango Obama, (born c. 1982) is the youngest son of Barack Obama, Sr., who died while George was only a few months old. He is the half brother of U.S. president Barack Obama. His mother is a Kenyan named Jael who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Malik Obama
Malik Obama (born c. March 1958) is the eldest son of Barack Obama, Sr. and the half-brother of Barack Obama. Malik was born to Barack Obama, Sr.'s first wife, Kezia. He is a successful businessman who still lives in Kenya though frequently visits the United States. He was Barack Obama's best man at his wedding to Michelle Obama.

Maya Soetoro-Ng
Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng (born Aug. 15, 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is the daugther of Ann Dunham Soetoro, and the half sister of Barack Obama. She is a high school history teacher in Hawaii.

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  • Stanley Dunham - maternal grandfather (1918-1992)
  • Charles T. Payne - maternal great-uncle (born 1925)
  • Lolo Soetoro - stepfather (1936-1987)
  • Hussein Onyango Obama - paternal grandfather (1895-1979)
  • Habiba Akumu Obama - paternal grandmother
  • Sarah Obama - paternal step-grandmother (born 1922)
  • Kezia Obama - step-mother (born 1940)
  • Abo Obama - half-brother (born 1968)
  • Auma Obama - half-sister (born 1960)
  • Bernard Obama - half-brother (born 1970)
  • Ruth Ndesandjo - Barack Obama Sr.'s third wife (born in U.S. c. 1940)
  • Mark Ndesandjo - half-brother
  • Zeituni Onyango - half-sister (born May 29, 1952)
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Obama's grandmother dies just before Election Day - Internation
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