Former President Barack Obama seems to have the perfect family.
Unfortunately, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows in the Obama clan.
Barack’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was a well-traveled Kenyan who had multiple wives.
By the time Obama Sr. passed in 1982, Barack had never met his brothers.
This began a relationship that endured into Barack’s political career and presidency.
Naturally, people accused him of trying to take advantage of Barack’s popularity.
Let’s not forget that I was born before him," (viaBrics magazine).
Malik soon began publicly criticizing his brother.
Malik also attended the 2020 presidential debate at Trump’s request.
That same year, he authored the tell-all book “Big Bad Brother From Kenya.”
Sadly, their marriage was short-lived and, as Mark’s memoir would later recount, full of abuse.
Mark wrote that he grew up watching his alcoholic father beating his mother.
Years later, in 1988, Barack and Mark eventually met, but it was not a heartwarming affair.
“Barack thought I was too white, and I thought he was too black,” Mark confessed.
I wanted to tell my own story, not let people tell it for me," Mark toldPolitico.
The alleged incident occurred during the Obamas' tenure, consequently painting Barack in a bad light.
However, they further reported that a “police source” confirmed the incident.
But unlike other youths, he couldn’t afford to attend trade school.
Eventually, Bernard moved to the UK and married a social worker, Lily Achoch.
In 2018, Bernard and Lily began a care business, Shasidme Limited Company Ltd, in Oxfordshire.
His mother, Jael Otieno, was never even married to his father.
Consequently, he knew very little about Obama Sr. and grew up in abject poverty.
I am ashamed."
He came here searching for his roots, and I was also trying to find my roots."
Understandably, the youngest Obama child has stayed firmly out of the spotlight ever since.
