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 Obama.

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The Obama family
The Obama family on Easter Sunday, 2015 From left to right: Malia, Michelle, Barack, and Sasha
Current region	United States (Chicago / Washington, D.C.)
Place of origin	Chicago Hawaii Indonesia Kenya
Members	Barack Obama Michelle Obama Malia Obama Sasha Obama Ann Dunham † Barack Obama Sr. † Marian Robinson
Connected families	Robinson, Dunham, Soetoro, Ng

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Political positions Electoral history Early life and career Family Public image Honors Pre-presidency Illinois State Senator 2004 DNC keynote address U.S. Senator from Illinois sponsored bills 44th President of the United States Presidency timeline Transition Inaugurations first second Trips foreign '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16–'17 Policies Economy Energy Foreign policy Europe East Asia Middle East South Asia Obama Doctrine Pardons Social Space Appointments Cabinet Judiciary Sotomayor Kagan Garland Supreme Court candidates First term First 100 days Recovery Act Russia nuclear treaty Affordable Care Act Dodd–Frank Iraq withdrawal Killing of Osama bin Laden Libya intervention Afghanistan withdrawal Benghazi attack Timeline '09 '10 '11 '12 Second term Anti-ISIL campaign Iraq Syria Iran nuclear deal Cuban thaw Sanctions against Russia Selma 50th anniversary speech Paris Agreement Timeline '13 '14 '15 '16–'17 Presidential campaigns 2008 primaries convention debates election 2012 primaries convention debates election reactions Post-presidency Planned presidential library Obama Foundation One America Appeal Dreams from My Father The Audacity of Hope A Promised Land Nobel Peace Prize Others Thanks, Obama Tan suit controversy
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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]