[aruanan]

if, as is claimed, Maya was born in 1970, and the image on the left was taken in Indonesia, 'Barry' in Hawaii in 1969 would appear to be somewhat difficult?

Barry with little sister looks older than Barry with Scott. So if Barry was in Hawaii for Christmas of 1969, and Scott didn't recall him being there for the entire year, then the picture of an older, chunkier Barry with his mom and sister isn't problematic. So he went back for a visit. Remember he was shuttled around a lot. Not as much, perhaps, as an Army brat or a PK in that era (between birth and 14 I lived in five different places in three different states), but more than a lot of kids. As emotionally turbulent as his life was up through his "mentorship" with FMD, I'd be surprised at how accurate his memory was of where he went, when he went, and how many times he went.

I don't think either biography should be considered definitive on timelines and places. Neither was written for the purpose of historical accuracy but for cultivating a hagiography.

[Fred Nerks]

Absolutley nothing to do with any biography and everything to do with every article I have read in the past several years, example wiki:

After her divorce, Dunham married Indonesian student Lolo Soetoro, who was attending college in Hawaii. When Suharto, a military leader in Soetoro’s home country, came to power in 1967, all Indonesian students studying abroad were recalled, and the family moved to the Menteng neighborhood of Jakarta.[17][18] From ages six to ten, Obama attended local schools in Jakarta, including Besuki Public School and St. Francis of Assisi School.[19][20]

In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham, and attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from the fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.[21] Obama’s mother returned to Hawaii in 1972...

I agree the child looks older in the image with his mother ‘in Indonesia’ ... which he must be, if his sister was born in August 1970.

Older than the image of him in Hawaii in 1969, when he supposedly attended school with Scott Inoue. I will let Scott have the last word, he said ‘when you figure it out, let me know.’