His father is Kenyan, who was at one time a Muslim, which is where the "Obama is a Muslim" rumors have come from. He renounced his faith a long time ago.
His mother is a white woman from Kansas.
While he was born in Hawaii, Obama has lived all over the place: U.S., Indonesia, Kenya.
I believe that he has at least one half-sister from his mother, who remarried an Indonesian oil company manager (Obama's birth parents divorced when he was 2). I assume this is the sister you mentioned.
I'm not sure if his father ever remarried.
This link, while about the Obama Muslim rumor, also gives a bunch of quick facts about Obama and his immediate family:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
That U.N. comment is funny.
2007-01-21 00:36:11
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answered by amg503 7
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He's hiding his muslim upbringing, Who Says, Hillary Says, That's Who!
An investigation of Mr. Obama by political opponents within the Democratic Party has discovered that Mr. Obama was raised as a Muslim by his stepfather in Indonesia. Sources close to the background check, which has not yet been released, said Mr. Obama, 45, spent at least four years in a so-called Madrassa, or Muslim seminary, in Indonesia.
Sources said the background check, conducted by researchers connected to Senator Clinton, disclosed details of Mr. Obama's Muslim past. The sources said the Clinton camp concluded the Illinois Democrat concealed his prior Muslim faith and education.
2007-01-21 01:00:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Father and Step father both Muslim. Mother atheist. That is direct family, not extended.
2007-01-21 00:49:08
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answered by Anonymous
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the only concern you need to understand is he's muslim...get on line & see what is going on in england with the muslims...born in England yet nonetheless calling for the dying to all those that don't persist with allah! is this what we choose for u . s . of america? i do no longer think of so.....
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answered by picart 4
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Yes, what the first answer said.
I know a woman who worked with a guy whose wife is his second cousin. Does that help in any way?
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2007-01-21 00:33:18
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answered by abetterfate 7
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He wrote his own Biography years ago. It's available at libraries and booksellers, if you are genuinely interested.
2007-01-21 00:28:11
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answered by TheseUnitedStates 2
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