Family plays a pivotal role in Barack Obama’s life.
Barack has eight half-siblings: six half-brothers and two half-sisters.
The seven surviving siblings live all over the globe.
After Auma visited Barack in Chicago, she then invited him to Kenya.
At the time, he was filled with questions about his father and paternal half-siblings.
“He wanted to know everything about us, everything about my father everything about our family.
I took him to so many relatives,” Auma informedCNN.
“It was part of finding about his own identity.”
All three siblings are authors and non-profit founders.
Here’s what we know about these fascinating women.
Her parents are Barack Obama Sr. and Kezia Obama, his first wife.
Once they got together, their rapport was effortless.
“We just started talking as though we’d known each other always,” Auma later informedTime.
She feels so close to Barack that she doesn’t use “half” to describe their sibling connection.
Like her brother, Auma has a passion for humanitarian work.
After working for CARE International, Auma created the Sauti Kuu Foundation in 2010.
Based in Kenya and Germany, Sauti Kuu provides young people with tools to create and achieve their goals.
Auma has also traveled the world delivering speeches on sustainability and development.
In 2010, she published a memoir, “And Then Life Happens.”
After Barack became president, Auma stayed grounded and committed to her work.
However, she was delighted with his achievement.
Her parents areBarack’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham,and Lolo Soetoro.
Barack and Maya were raised in the same household, living first in Indonesia and then moving to Hawaii.
Maya also works for the Obama Foundation, developing leadership programs in the Asia Pacific region.
During Barack’s first Presidential bid, Maya helped her half-brother campaign.
“I think our mother definitely influenced us both.
She was interested in stories, in storytelling,” Maya explained toThe New York Times.
