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Barack Obama Biography. Obama's family ties are global, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, and Kansas. Barack Obama's Biography is an archive of photos and images chronicling the journal of Barack Obama and his rise to the 44th US President. PHOTO: Barack marries Michelle in Chicago in 1992. Barack Obama Biography. Obama's family ties are global, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, and Kansas. Barack Obama's Biography is an archive of photos and images chronicling the journal of Barack Obama and his rise to the 44th US President. Barack Obama Biography. Obama's family ties are global, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, and Kansas. Barack Obama's Biography is an archive of photos and images chronicling the journal of Barack Obama and his rise to the 44th US President. PHOTO: Barack Obama portrait in 2005.
Biography and Life of President Barack Obama - Historic Journey to President
On August 4, 1961 the 44th President of the United States Began His Journey of Destiny
President Obama's Family Ties Spread Across Many US States and Countries
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 Barack Obama's Historic Journey Starts in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in 1961
Barack Obama throws a lei where his mother's ashes were thrown in Hawaii. Photo: August 14, 2008. Barack Obama sits on the fence while held by his mother, Ann Dunham in Honolulu. Undated photo is circa 1960s. Anne Dunham was born in Kansas and moved to Hawaii prior to Obama's birth. Barack Obama is known as Barry in his Punahou Honolulu school. Cover of Spring 2007 school bulletin shown.
Barack Obama throws a lei
where his mother's ashes
were thrown in Hawaii.
Photo: August 14, 2008.
Barack Obama sits on the fence while held by his
mother, Ann Dunham in Honolulu. Undated photo
is circa 1960s. Anne Dunham was born in Kansas
and moved to Hawaii prior to Obama's birth.
Barack Obama is known as
Barry in his Punahou Honolulu
school. Cover of Spring 2007
school bulletin shown.
Barack Obama's Birth Certificate - Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on August 4th, 1961 (8/4/61). Barack Obama plays with his maternal grandfather (Dunham) in the Waikiki beach surf in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barck Obama family photo circa 1960s. Barack Obama enjoys a ride on his blue tricycle in a neighbourhood street in Honolulu Hawaii. Barack Obama family photo circa 1960s.  Barack Obama meets his father (Barack Obama Sr.) at the Honolulu airport in the early 1970s. Barack Obama's stepfather LoloSoetoro, mother Ann Dunham, and stepsister Maya Soetoro. Barack Obama family photo circa 1970s
Barack Obama's Birth
Certificate. Born in
Honolulu on 8/4/1961.
Barack Obama with
grandfather at Waikiki.
Photo c. 1960s
Barack Obama rides tricycle in Hawaii.
Photo c. 1960s
Barack Obama Sr. on
his only trip to Hawaii.
Photo c. Early 1970s
Obama with stepfather
mother, and stepsister.
Photo c. Mid 1970s
Barack Obama oh the steps of his scholl with his classmates. Barack Obama school photo circa 1970s. Barack Obama in Hawai with his mother Ann Dunham, his grandfather, and his sister. Barack Obama family photo circa 1970s. Barack Obama welcomes American grandparents in Hawaii. Barack Obama family photo circa 1970s. Barack Obama in a group photo with school friends in Honolulu Hawaii in the 1970s.  Barack Obama portrait photo taken in Honolulu Hawaii on 1979.
Barack Obama
on school steps.
Photo c. 1970's
Obama's mother Ann,
sister, and grandfather.
Photo c. 1970s
Obama welcomed by
American grandparents.
Photo c. 1970s
Obama group school
photo in Hawaii.
Photo c. 1970's
Obama portrait photo
Honolulu, Hawaii
1979
Obama's sports activities are reflected in photos from the early years to Senator.
Barack Obama plays in the large Hawaiin surf. Barack Obama family photo circa 1960s. Obama's sports and activities are reflected in photos from the early years to the Presidency. Barack Obama strolls on an Hawaiin beach on August 14, 2008. Obama's sports and activities are reflected in photos from the early years to the Presidency. Barack Obama strikes at the baseball in this family photo circa 1960s in Honolulu Hawaii. Obama's sports and activities are reflected in photos from the early years to the Presidency. Barack Obama throws the ceremonial opening baseball in Game Two of the AL Championship Series game between LA and the Chicago White Sox. Barack Obama played basketball for his Punahou School. Barack Obama was a senior when this photo was taken in Hawaii in 1979. Obama's sports and activities are reflected in photos from the early years to the Presidency. Photo: © Laura Kong 1979 Barack Obama throws a few hoops at Elkhart Indiani Elementary School while on the election campaign. Obama's sports and activities are reflected in photos from the early years to the Presidency.
Obama playing
in Hawaii surf.
Photo c. 1960s
Obama playing
in Hawaii surf.
Photo Aug 14, 2008
Obama playing
baseball in Hawaii.
Photo c. 1960s
Obama throws ball
AL Playoffs Chicago
Photo Oct 12, 2005
Obama plays for
Punahou School.
© Laura Kong 1979
Obama in Indiana
on campaign trail.
Photo May 4, 2008
Barack Obama's International Family Ties graph. Barack Obama's family tree. Listed are family relation, place of birth,/origins, and lifespan. Barack Obama's multicultural background circles the globe. His relatives are from Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya,  and Kansas. Barack Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Sr,, was born in Kenya and lived from 1936-1982. Barack Obama's mother Ann Dunham was born in Kansas and lived from 1942-1995. Source: AP Research Graph Nov 08 ©AP. Barack Obama's International Family Ties

Barack Obama's Family Tree
Relation - Place of Birth/Origins - Lifespan


Barack Obama's multicultural background
circles the globe. His relatives are from
Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya, and Kansas.

Barack Obama's father, Barack Hussein
Obama Sr., was born in a rural town in
Kenya. He lived from 1936-1982.

Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, was
born in a rural town in Kansas. Anne lived
from 1942-1995.

Source: AP Research Graph Nov 08 ©AP
Barack Obama's Biographical Timeline 1961 - 2009
1961 Barack Hussein Obama II is born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4 at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Woman and Children.
1963 Ann Dunham and Obama Sr. separate, and divorce in 1964. Ann met Barack as a student at the University of Hawaii.
1967-1971 Obama moves to Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother Ann Dunham and his step-father Lolo Soetoro.
1971 Obama moves back to Hawaii and lives with maternal grandparents. Ann returns to Hawaii  from 1972-1977.
1971-1979 Obama attends Punahou School in Honolulu from the fifth grade to his High School graduation in 1979.
1979-1981 Obama moves to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. Obama transfers his studies two years later to Columbia in NY.
1981-1983 Obama studies Political Science and International Relations at Columbia University in NY where he received his BA in 1983.
1982 Obama Sr. dies in an auto accident in Kenya. The senior Obama met his son only once after returning to Kenya.
1984-1988 Obama leaves NY for Chicago in 1984, and from 1984-1988 is Director of DCP, a church-based community organization.
1988 Obama travels for first time to Europe and Kenya. Obama meets paternal grandparents and family for the first time.
1988-1991 Obama enters Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA., and becomes the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
1991 Obama returns to Chicago. Obama spent his Harvard summer breaks at several Chicago law firms.
1992 Obama marries Michelle Robinson on October 18th in Chicago. Later, Obama and Michelle travel to Bali to finish his book.
1992-2004 Obama teaches Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and works as counsel and an associate at Chicago law firms.
1995 Obama's mother, Ann Dunham dies of ovarian cancer. Obama Publishes first book "Dreams From My Father."
1996-2004 Obama is elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996. Obama serves three terms in the Illinois Senate as a state legislator.
1998-2001 In 1998 the Obama's have their first child Malia Ann. Three years later, in 2001, they have their second daughter Sasha.
2004 Obama delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July. In November he is elected to Senate.
2005-2008 Obama is the US Senator from Illinois. On November 18, 2008 Obama resigns his Senate seat after his Presidential victory.
2008 Obama defeats Democratic presidential hopefuls and Republican John McCain to become President-elect on November 4th.
2009 On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th US President in Washington, DC.
Barack Obama begins his studies on the US mainland on his way to Senator and President.
 
Barack Obama with his maternal grandparents in New York City when Barack attended University there. Photo 1982 Barack Obama in New York City while at Columbia University getting his BA in Political Science. NYC photo taken in 1983. Barack Obama in 1990 when he led the Harvard Law Review . Barack Obama holds a copy of the Harvard Law Review in this undated photo from the 1990s. Barack Obama on the campus of Harvard University where Obama studied Law. Obama photo circa 1990.
Obama with his maternal
grandparents in NYC.
Photo 1982
Obama in NYC 1983 at
Columbia University for
a BA in Political Science.
Obama when he led the
Harvard Law Review.
Photo c. 1990
Obama holds Harvard
Law Review magazine.
Photo c. 1990s
Obama on campus
of Harvard University
in 1990.
Barack Obama leans on pillars on University campus. Obama photo is circa 1990s. Barack Obama receives his Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School in 1991. Barack Obama doing community work in Chicago after Harvard Law School. Obama photo is circa 1990s. Barack Obama visits his paternal grandmother in Kenya for the first time. Obama family photo circa 1988. Barack Obama's paternal relatives gather for a group family photo during Obama's 1988 visit to Kenya, his father's homeland.
Barack Obama on
university campus
Photo c. 1990s
Obama receives Juris
Doctor Degree in 1991
at Harvard Law School.
Barrack Obama in
Chicago after Harvard.
Photo c. 1990s
Obama visits with his
Kenyan grandmother.
Photo c. 1987
Obama's Kenyan family
gather for a group photo.
Photo c. 1987
Barack Obama teaching Constitutional Law at the Univiversity of Chicago Law School in 1992. The 31 year-old Barack Obama marries Michelle Robinson in Chicago on October 18, 1992 . Barack Obama marries Michelle Robinson in Chicago on October 18, 1992 . Obama family photo with some of the wedding party. Barack Obama tries on traditional Kenyan clothing while on a visit to Kenya in 2006. Barack Obama waves to supporters in Nairobi Kenya on August 26, 2006. Obama's father was born in Kenya.
Obama teaches at
University of Chicago
Law School in 1992.
Barrack Obama
marries Michelle.
Oct 18, 1992
Barrack Obama and Michelle Robinson get married in Chicago. Obama wears traditional
clothes in Kenya.
Photo c. 2006
Obama in
Nairobi Kenya. Photo
August 26, 2006
Barack Obama Senate portrait from 2005. Barack Obama meets with Senator Coburn in Senate Offices in 2006. Barack Obama has written several books which have gained in popularity since his election campaign and victory. Obama's early books shown are "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope." Barack Obama's suburban home in Chicago prior to taking residency at the White House in Washington. Photo of Obama home was taken on July 11, 2007. Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama at Foreign Relations Comittee meetings. Obama photo circa 2005.
Barack Obama's
Senate portrait.
Photo c. 2005 
Senator Obama and
Coburn talk in Senate
Office. Photo c. 2006
Barack Obama has written several
works including the #1 best-seller
The Audacity of Hope.
Obama's Chicago
home prior to White
House. Photo July 2007
Barack Obama meets
with Dalai Lama.
Photo c. 2005
 
President Barack Obama's Favorite Sport is Basketball
Obama may be the first President with a basketball court on the White House grounds.
 
Barack Obama's Junior Varsity Basketball team. Taken at Obama's Punahou School in Honolulu Hawaii in1977. Barack Obama playing basketball in 1979 as a High School Senior at Punahou School in Honolulu Hawaii. Photo: © Laura Kong 1979 Barack Obama takes a jump shot in this August 31, 2006 photo taken at the Joint Task Force Camp in Djibouti. Barack Obama practicing his basketball skills at the YMCA in Spencer Iowa on December 17, 2007. Barack Obama practicing his basketball skills at the YMCA in Spencer Iowa on December 17, 2007.
Punahou School Junior
Varsity Basketball
Team in 1977.
Punahou School when
Obama was a senior.
© Laura Kong 1979
Joint Task Force troops
at Camp Djibouti. Photo
August 31, 2006
Obama at the YMCA
in Spencer, Iowa
December 17, 2007
Obama at the YMCA
in Spencer, Iowa
December 17, 2007
Barack Obama does a solo lay up in this undated photo. Barack Obama on the attack in this May 28, 2008 basketball game. Barack Obama defends in this basketball game at Maple Crest Elemantary School in Kokomo Indiana on April 25, 2008. Barack Obama retrieves a loose ball in this undated photo. Barack Obama can't resist a shot while at an Indiana High School Hall of Fame on April 26, 2008.
Obama does solo
basketball lay up.
Photo date unknown.
Obama attacks in pick
up basketball game.
 May 2008
 Maple Crest School
Kokomo Indiana
April 25, 2008
Obama retrieves loose
basketball. Photo
date unknown.
Indiana High School
Hall of Fame
April 26, 2008
Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from Obama's visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Obama campaign photos taken May 4, 2008. Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from Obama's visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Obama campaign photos taken May 4, 2008. Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from Obama's visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Obama campaign photos taken May 4, 2008. Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from Obama's visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Obama campaign photos taken May 4, 2008. Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from Obama's visit to Elkhart Indiana School. Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Obama campaign photos taken May 4, 2008.
May 4, 2008.
Barack Obama throws a few hoops while on the 2008 campaign trail. These photos are from a visit to Elkhart Indiana School.

Obama played basketball on the night before the election. Barack Obama received his first basketball as a gift from his father.
"Those of us who grew up playing basketball, whether on a playground in the city or a farm in the heartland, are grateful to the
game for the lessons it teaches us about life," President Obama said in a special TV message for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.
50 little known Barack Obama facts. Facts about Obama's family, food, fiction, and favorites.
Obama's name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili. Obama's desk in his Senate office belonged to Robert Kennedy.
Obama can speak Spanish. Obama is the sixth post-war president to be left-handed.
Obama carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet
belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck.
Obama would have liked to have been an architect if he were
not a politician.
Obama keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding
an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life.
Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., was a senior
economist for the Kenyan government.
Obama visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party
of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived.
Obama owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes.
Obama says his worst habit is constantly checking BlackBerry. Obama wears $1,500 Hart Schaffner Marx suits.
Obama enjoys playing Scrabble and poker. Obama uses an Apple Mac laptop.
Obama can bench press an impressive 200lbs Obama has read every Harry Potter book.
While on the campaign trail Obama refused to watch CNN
and had sports channels on instead.
Obama and Michelle made $4.2 million last year, with
much from sales of his books.
Obama owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by
Muhammad Ali. Michelle Obama shares Ali's January birthday.
Obama won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version
of his memoir, Dreams From My Father.
Obama plans to install a basketball court at the White House. Obama repaid his student loan in 2004, 4 years after book deal.
Obama's house in Chicago has four fire places. Obama's favorite book is Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
Obama drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his
gas-guzzling Chrysler 300.
Obama's favorite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest.
Obama's specialty as a cook is chili. Obama collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
Obama worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a
teenager and now can't stand ice cream.
Obama's favorite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan,
Bach and The Fugees.
Obama's favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars. Obama's favorite artist is Pablo Picasso.
Obama's favorite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini. Obama's favorite fictional TV programs are Mash and The Wire.
Obama hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath
the backside.
Obama took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right
Thing on their first date.
Obama's favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea. Obama was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother.
Obama doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol. Obama was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skills
at basketball.
Obama promised Michelle he would quit smoking before
running for president – he didn't.
Obama was known as Barry until university when he asked
to be addressed by his full name.
As a teenager Obama took drugs including marijuana. Obama's Secret Service code name is "Renegade".
Obama has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber,
Zariff, who charges $21.
Obama kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia.
Obama's daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before
becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing/dance (Sasha, 7).
Obama's father Barack Obama Sr. gave Obama his first
basketball on a rare Hawaiian visit.
Obama's daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter. Obama said many friends in Indonesia were "street urchins".
Watch the Special Video Biography of Barack Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008
 Watch the Special Video Biography of Barack Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008. Photo: Barrack Obama in New Orleans on July 21, 2006 after Hurricane Katrina.
Barack Obama is devoted two his wife Michelle and their two daughters Malia and Sasha.
Barack's wife Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in 1964. Photo: Barack hugs Michelle after his historic November 4, 2008 Presidential victory speech in Hyde Park Chicago. Barack Obama is devoted two his wife Michele and their two daughters Malia and Sasha. Photo: Barack greets his two daughters, Malia, and Sasha, after arriving at Pueblo, Colorado airport on November 1, 2008 during Obama's final Presidential campaign swings. Michelle Obama celebrated her 45th birthday aboard the Obama Express train on January 17, 2009, Only 3 days from Obama's Inauguration as President. Photo: Barack kisses Michelle after his historic November 4, 2008 Presidential victory speech in Hyde Park Chicago.
Barack's wife Michelle was born in
Chicago in 1964. Photo: Barack
and Michelle embrace after historic
November 4, 2008 Presidential victory
speech in Hyde Park Chicago.
Barack greets his two daughters,
Malia, and Sasha, after arriving
at Pueblo, Colorado airport on
November 1, 2008 during Obama's
final Presidential campaign swings.
Michelle Obama celebrated her 45th
birthday aboard the Obama Express train
on January 17, 2009, only 3 days from
Obama's Inauguration. Photo: Barack
kisses Michelle after historic '08 victory.
Watch the Special Video Biography of Michelle Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008
 Watch the Special Video Biography of Michelle Obama Shown at the DNC Convention in August 2008. Photo: Sasha Obama at DNC in Denver blows a kiss to her dad on satellite TV.
The Obama Family - Barack, Sasha, Michelle, Malia (left to right). Photo: © Essence Magazine 2008
The Obama Family - Barack, Sasha, Michelle, and Malia
Photo: © Essence Magazine 2008
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace in London on April 1, 2009. US First Lady Michelle Obama and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy participated in the Strasbourg, France arrival ceremony of President Obama on April 3, 2009. US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk as they stroll through the market on their way to a welcoming ceremony in Baden-Baden Germany on April 3, 2009. US President Barack Obama talks with French President Sarkozy and UK PM Brown at the NATO Summit in Strasbourg, France on April 4, 2009. US President Barack Obama speaks to a large crowd in Hradcanske Square in Prague, Czech Republic on April 5, 2009. US President Barack Obama after laying a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2009.
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