[Mila]

"His last blood link to a "typical white person" is gone...nothing left to remind him now."

Not quite accurate. Obama and his sister were the children of Mrs. Dunham's only child so she was the grandmother of both of them. Mrs. Dunham is also survived by a brother who would be their great uncle.

[FrankR]

"Not quite accurate. Obama and his sister were the children of Mrs. Dunham's only child so she was the grandmother of both of them. Mrs. Dunham is also survived by a brother who would be their great uncle. "

I'll remember that if I ever go on Jeopardy, but he hasn't had any of those people tagging along with the campaign either...and he won't.

THE BROADER POINT IS, he has very little use for the lighter side of the family, from what I can tell.