A Mystery Surrounding Stanley Ann Dunham

In studying what little one may find about the history of President Elect Barack Obama, I realized a discrepancy between the common reports of mother Stanley Ann Dunham's (better known as Ann Dunham) college education and reality.

Dunham enrolled at the University of Hawaii in the fall of 1960, where she met her future husband, Barack Obama, Sr. Already three months pregnant, she married the senior Obama in February of 1961 and gave birth to young Obama in August of that same year. It's reported that she took a collegiate break to care for the baby while her husband continued his studies. According to the university registrar, she resumed classes at the University of Hawaii in the spring of 1963 and graduated with a BA in Mathematics in 1967.

Prior to moving to Hawaii with her parents in 1960, the Dunhams lived in Mercer Island, Washington, where she attended high school. So not surprisingly, a Stanley Ann Dunham registered at the University of Washington for the fall semester of 1961 and attended there through the spring semester of 1962.

This appears a bit odd to me. Why would a newly married nineteen year old leave her parents and husband to attend a university 2668 miles away with a three week old baby? How is this even possible logistically?

This bit of knowledge adds further fuel to the fire concerning the mysteries regarding the birth and history of our new President Elect. Although pure speculation at this point, it also increases the possibility that young Obama's birth occurred somewhere other than Honolulu such as Coast Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya which has been widely rumoured.