Barack Obama, Sr. - Marriage and Family

Marriage and Family

In 1954 at the age of eighteen, Obama married Kezia Aoko in a tribal ceremony. They had two children, Malik (a.k.a. Roy) and Auma, during the early years of their marriage. Later, after Obama had married a third time, Kezia had two more sons. Abo and Bernard who are thought to be Obama's children. In his memoir, Dreams from My Father, Obama said that his father's family questions whether Abo and Bernard are his biological sons.

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