I think grandma Sarah has confused Jr and Mark who was born in Kenya in 1964. Naturally Mark’s mother is Ruth, who is also white. To me Canada makes the more sensible route, especially so close to Seattle and with the access to socialized medicine. Also freepmail coming at you.
Chief, and MJJ:
Of all the theories, I think yours are the closest to the truth(see MJJ’s post at # 150).
Kenyan birth doesn’t ring true to me, but Ann being in Washington State, and possibly having little Barry in Canada could be plausible.
Grandma Toot could have had a contact in the Hawaii State gov’t that put the info on the birth list given to the papers as a favor. It was bad enough that her daughter was married to a black man in 1961, a foreigner as well, but maybe having the kid born in a foreign country was too much for Toot to bear, because of other complications she may have foreseen.
I also believe there is something on that birth certificate about his real father. It is hard for me to understand how Barry could write a book about a man he did not know and title it “Dreams of My Father”. If his father was Frank Marshall Davis, that would explain why Grandpa had Barry spend his teenage years with Davis. The “dreams” could be of his real father, Davis, who Barry admits was his mentor.
Further, there are nude pictures of Ann Dunham that have been unearthed and believed to have been taken by Frank Marshall Davis, who was well known to Ann as Davis was a friend of Toot and Toot’s husband, Ann’s father. Davis even wrote a sexually charged book under a non de plume which included his bedding a 13 year old white girl (Hmmmmmmmmmmm—who could THAT be?).
Chief, there was talk a few months ago about an immigration paper that might exist in Bellingham, Washington that might identify Ann Durham crossing into the US, possibly with a newborn.
Did anything ever come of that?