Obama II

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

Anyone interested in a barely-readable copy of the President's birth certificate can go to

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate

Items of minor interest:

The President is a "Jr." as he has the same name as his father, and his birth certificate lists him as "Barack Hussein Obama II", a little odd since "II" normally means the child has the same name as a relative other than his father.
To the best of my knowledge, Obama is the first Jr. in the White House.

His father's race is listed as "African", which might or might not be odd.  In 1961 you would expect the entry to read "Negro", unless the multi-racial state of Hawaii differed from the mainland in how to identify races.

His father's birthplace is listed as "Kenya, East Africa" which might or might not indicate lack of popular knowledge of African geography.  Kenya did not become an independent country until two years later (12 December 1963).

    - Jim Landau

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