What is the Nationality of Barack Obama parents?

Answer 1

Maternal Side:

His mother (Stanley) Ann Dunham was white; she was born in Wichita Kansas in 1942, raised in Seattle and then in Hawaii. She ultimately earned her PhD from the University of Hawaii in anthropology. She was the only daughter of Madelyn Lee Payne (born in Peru, Kansas 1922) and Stanley Armour Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas 1918). The Dunham family has some Irish ancestry, some members of whom Mr. Obama finally got to meet in 2011 during a presidential trip to Ireland. Also, Robert Wolfley, President Obama's great, great, great, grandfather fought in the American Civil War.

Paternal Side:

Father Barack Obama, Sr. was black. He was born in Africa, in the country of Kenya, in 1936 and earned his BA in economics from the University of Hawaii and then studied at Harvard. His was one of three children born to mother Habiba Akumu Nyanjoga (born in Kenya 1918) and Hussein Onyango Obama (born in Kenya 1895). President Obama's paternal relatives generally are members of the Luo, Kenya's third largest ethnic group and largely concentrated in the western province of Nyanza, Kenya.

Answer 2

President Barack Obama's parents are Stanley Ann Dunham, who was called Ann, and Barack Obama, Sr. Barack, Sr died in 1982 and Ann Dunham died in 1995.

Answer 3

President Obama's mother was Caucasian (white), born and raised in Kansas. His father was African, born and raised in Kenya. Thus, Mr. Obama is biracial, and an African-American.

Answer 4

Barack Obama's father was born in Kenya and then moved to America to study at several universities, before moving back to Africa.

Answer 5

His father was black and from Africa, his mother was white and from the U.S.

Answer 6

Barack Obama's father was a citizen of Kenya. Barack and his mother were both born in the United States.