[Is2C]

His supposed parents were communists. I wonder if they were soviet agents?

The daughters' names, Sasha and Malia, are Russian in origin.

[tired_old_conservative]

Malia is most definitely not Russian in origin. Look it up. The possible sources are Hawaiian, African, or Hebrew.

[silverleaf]

Malia is very common in Hawaii- it means “Mary” or “Maria”,
comes from the pidgin-speak when native Hawaiians were converted in early missionary days