Grandma is one of his fathers wives, not gramp's wives?
Didn't know that, but I'm not going there since I know none of them were Muslim, Governors of NY, or Presidents in the 90s.
Still if you're going to claim step-mom (I know, not step but I don't know the term) a grandma and whine about her living in a hut in Africa, and you make $1.3 million a year, upgrade her living quarters or buy her a plane ticket to America, and build her a hut in the $300,000 garden Tony Rezko helped you buy.
In a serious vein, she's clearly a close relative, and if he's complaining about her living conditions, his ability to improve them is relevant. Whether she's grandma, or stepmom, or collective mom
The best distribution system for foreign aid is the US Marine Corps. Very few crooked politicians ( as in Oil for Food)seem to be able to take on the US Marines. Obama wants to dedicate 9 billion dollars a year with no adequate distribution system. I'd say "grandma" is in for a long stay in a resort in Mauritius, and the US taxpayer will be eating it.