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Family of Barack Obama

The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and are the first such family of African-American descent.[1] His immediate family includes his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha.

The Obama family

United States (Chicago / Washington, D.C.)

Robinson, Dunham, Soetoro, Ng

Obama's wider ancestry is made up of people of Kenyan (Luo), African-American, and Old Stock American (including originally English, Scots-Irish, Welsh, German, and Swiss) ancestry.[2][3][4][5][6]

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Family of Joe Biden

List of African-American firsts

New England Historic Genealogical Society

(Real Clear Politics)

"The Mystery of Michelle Obama's Roots"

Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (New York Daily News news photos)

"Fashionable first daughters, Malia and Sasha"

Barack Obama's Family Tree – Photo Essays – Time

by David Maraniss

"Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible"

by Jake Tapper

Barack Obama's Branch-y Family Tree

series, by Scott Fornek

"Obama Family Tree"

by Gary Boyd Roberts

"Notes on the Ancestry of Senator Barack Hussein Obama Jr."

by Associated Press

"Obama, Clinton and McCain have some famous relations"

by Joe Johns and Justine Redman

"Tracking Michelle Obama's Slave Roots"

Satirical Onion article about Obama son misinterpreted as fact

collected news and commentary at The New York Times

Malia Obama

collected news and commentary at The New York Times

Sasha Obama

by Megan Smolenyak

"President Barack Obama's Roots"

by Megan Smolenyak

"Michelle Obama's Roots"

by RTÉ

"Obama's Irish family links