It's custom for the ELDEST SON TO INHERIT. All Ruth and Mark would have been required to do is supply some form of proof that MARK WAS THE ELDEST OFFSPRING OF Barak Hussein Obama Onynago...
HAD MALIK, (ROY) ABONGO, the eldest son of KEZIA been the ELDEST SON of Barak Hussein Obama Onyango, that is all that KEZIA would have been required to do.
Sarah knew. Sarah knew it was HER SON JOSEPH/YUFUF who was two years older than Barak Hussein Obama Onyango WHO SHOULD BE THE VILLAGE ELDER. His children were the children of KEZIA.
It's one thing to lose a small inheritance, quite another to be asked to give up your cultural position in the tribe.
When Sarah said...to Kezia's children, 'none of you are his children' she was protecting the position of village elder for her son YUSUF...AND HER OWN, AS HIS MOTHER.
