Talk:Family of Barack Obama

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The Obama family was the First Family of the United States during the presidency of Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2017. Michelle Obama, Barack's wife, was raised on the South Side of Chicago, graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and met her husband while they worked at the law firm Sidley Austin. She campaigned actively during his two presidential campaigns, and as First Lady sought to become a role model for women and advocate for poverty awareness. The couple's children are Malia (born 1998) and Sasha (born 2001).Photograph: Pete Souza

Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2020

2400:1A00:B010:883D:C0B:8A8D:6ABF:F24B (talk) 05:10, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

hi there i want to make some changes in the page so please help me

You can suggest edits here on this talk page on the form "Please change X to Y" citing reliable sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 13:01, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Should Malia have her own article?

I'm trying to figure out if it's worth pursuing to create an article for her prior to it being taken down. Similar to how Tiffany Trump has her own article. What's the difference between Tiffany and Malia? What are your opinions and why? Factfanatic1 (talk) 17:18, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Factfanatic1, try making a draft first and then we can see. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 17:24, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

This could be a good idea eventually. If so you could use a template like this:

• 19 years, 11 months and 11 days

But you will need sourcing. WakandaQT (talk) 15:43, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it's pretty obvious that Malia at the very least has her own notable coverage (it's a very low bar, only two articles that are significant coverage of her individually). I'm not in the habit of making new articles though but yes, she would qualify. Macktheknifeau (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Considering that sunny and Bo have their own articles , Malia and Sasha should as well. Cakepops4everr (talk) 00:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

The answer is yes because the woman of her level must have 102.90.102.223 (talk) 00:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Hussein Onyango torture claims

Claims that Hussein Onyango was tortured in 1949 have been disputed by some, including by David Maraniss in Barack Obama: The Story. The article should probably make mention of this. --Eldomtom2 (talk) 22:50, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Passive voice

The article should be titled 'Barack Obama's Family'. If I knew how to propose renaming I would do so. That is all.Robbmonster (talk) 02:52, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Well every other First family of the United States is titled "Family of" so unless you propose changing them all it should remain the same Mighty Midas (talk) 16:49, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Punch vs. Dunham

Brief comment - there is an inherent contradiction between citing John Punch as an ancestor of Obama, and writing that Dunham was his "first ancestor in north america". Dunham was born in 1640, according to the article - the same year Punch, who had already been in America, was sentenced to slavery after an attempted escape from indenture; he had already been an indenture for a few years prior to his failed escape, so he was therefore in the United States prior to Dunham. HiddenHistoryPedia (talk) 17:35, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

The article suggests that Barack Obama was descended on his mother's side from the black slave John Punch, but does not currently indicate whether this is through his maternal grandfather (Stanley Dunham) or through his maternal grandmother (Madelyn). I think it would be helpful if the article were amended to indicate that the claimed line of descent is through his maternal grandmother (and specifically through his maternal great-grandmother Leona McCurry). AlanD1956 (talk) 13:54, 8 June 2025 (UTC)