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The family of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, is made up of people of Kenyan (Luo), English, African-American and Irish heritage, who are known through Obama's writings and other reports.〔〕〔RTE news report March 2007: (Obamas Irish family links discovered by ancestry.co.uk )〕 His immediate family is the First Family of the United States. The Obamas are the first First Family of African descent. ==Immediate family== Michelle Obama : Michelle Obama, née Robinson, the wife of Barack Obama, was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She is a lawyer and was a University of Chicago Hospital vice-president. She is the First Lady of the United States. Malia Obama and Sasha Obama : Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia Ann〔(First Lady Michelle Obama says Malia will be driving this summer ), ''BlackAmericaWeb.com'', Reach Media, Inc., 21 May 2014, Superville, D., Retrieved 24 May 2014.〕〔(Watch out Washington! Malia Obama turns 16 this summer and will start learning to drive - but Secret Service won't let Obama teach her ), ''Mail Online'', London, United Kingdom: Associated Newspapers, Ltd., 21 May 2014, Collman A., Retrieved 24 May 2014.〕 , born on July 4, 1998, and Natasha (known as Sasha ), born on June 10, 2001. They were both delivered by their parents' friend Anita Blanchard at University of Chicago Medical Center. Sasha is the youngest child to reside in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. arrived as an infant in 1961. In 2014 Malia and Sasha were named two of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by ''Time'' magazine. Before his inauguration, President Obama published an open letter to his daughters in ''Parade'' magazine, describing what he wants for them and every child in America: "to grow up in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach, and to grow into compassionate, committed women who will help build that world." While living in Chicago, the Obamas kept busy schedules, as the Associated Press reports: "soccer, dance and drama for Malia, gymnastics and tap for Sasha, piano and tennis for both." In July 2008, the family gave an interview to the television series ''Access Hollywood''. Obama later said they regretted allowing the children to be included. attend the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the same school that Chelsea Clinton, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Archibald Roosevelt attended and that the grandchildren of Vice President Joe Biden attend. The Obama girls began classes there on January 5, 2009. While in Chicago, both attended the private University of Chicago Laboratory School. In his victory speech on the night of his election, President Obama repeated his promise to Sasha and Malia to get a puppy to take with them to the White House. The selection was slow because Malia is allergic to animal dander; the president subsequently said that the choice had been narrowed down to either a labradoodle or Portuguese Water Dog, and they hoped to find a shelter animal. On April 12, 2009, it was reported that the Obamas had adopted a six-month-old Portuguese Water Dog given to them as a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy;〔 the dog was named Bo by Malia and Sasha. The White House refers to Bo as the "First Dog". In 2013, they adopted a second Portuguese Water Dog named Sunny. Marian Robinson : Marian Robinson, Barack Obama's mother-in-law, resides in the White House. She is part of the Robinson family (see below). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Family of Barack Obama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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