U.S. President Barack Obama has a list of siblings from his Kenyan father. His half-brother Malik Obama, an aspiring politician and Washington resident, says he will vote for Donald Trump in order to switch his allegiance from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Obama was born in Hawaii at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father from Kenya, also named Barack Obama, left him when he was two years old while he was raised by his mother Ann Dunham and grandparents.

Prior to his election, he visited his family in Kenya.

Malik Obama to Vote for Donald Trump

Obama’s half-brother Malik wants to switch to the Republican Party because he really likes Donald Trump.

Malik, a Muslim, tells BBC News that Trump’s plan to ban Islamic people from the United States is just “common sense.”

The president’s half-brother holds dual citizenship in Kenya and the U.S. and ran for governor’s office in Siaya county, Kenya back in 2013.

Aside from Malik, Obama has five other half-brothers and two half-sisters.

Obama’s Other Siblings

Obama’s half-sister from his mother’s side, Maya Soetoro-Ng, is a teacher in Hawaii. She is married with two daughters. Her husband Konrad Ng, is of Chinese descent and is the director of Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

Auma Obama is Barack’s other half-sister and is from his father’s first marriage to wife Kezia Obama. Auma is a development worker in Kenya. She studied German at the University of Heidelberg and received a PhD in 1966 that focused on the conception of labor in Germany.

Abo Obama, also known as Samson, is another half-sibling from Kezia Obama. Abo is currently working in Kenya as a manager at a cellphone store.

Bernard Obama sells auto parts in Kenya and has one child. As an adult, he converted to Islam.

Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo is Obama’s half-brother from his father’s third wife Ruth Baker. The Brown University graduate runs an Internet company where he advises Chinese corporations on how to reach international customers. He also studied physics at Stanford University.

David Ndesandjo is also a sibling from Ruth Baker. He died in a motorcycle accident when he was just 19 years old.

Obama’s youngest half-brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, was just six months old when their father died. He was raised by his mother Jael Otieno and a French stepfather. George is studying to become a mechanic and lives in Kenya.

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