You are exactly right. I have spent countless hours researching this origins of this guy and came to the conclusion that there is a huge power structure that “created” his past that we now know. The question now is who does this power structure have as it’s puppet for the next go around? And to what lengths are they willing to go to to get that puppet installed, or even worse, to keep the puppet they have...?
This will sound like tinfoil hat stuff, but I have come to the conclusion that his mother, his grandmother and his grandfather were all far-left CIA operatives. This is the article that got me thinking - read it if you haven't:
http://www.claremont.org/crb/article/the-chosen-one/