“... we’ve since discovered that Stanley Ann and Lolo filed a joint tax return for 1973, and that’s the first we knew that Lolo was in Hawaii...as to when she returned from Indonesia with Maya, that would still be a mystery ...”
I recall from one of the FOIA documents Lolo had filed 1040NR (non-resident) return when he was living in Indonesia. It was incorrect because Lolo was actually a Permanent Resident Alien with the U.S. and he returned to Indonesia as part of his agreement with East-West Center. The East-West Center is funded by the U.S. Government to promote cultural exchange. Lolo, Stanley Ann, Obama and Maya were all grantees of the East-West Center.
To promote cultural exchange, a grantee must travel to their home country after living and studying/working in the U.S. to promote and share their experiences with others. In Obama’s case, it wasn’t safe for him to travel and live in Indonesia for two years in the early eighties. So, he was granted an exception. He traveled to Indonesia to update his passport and then went on to Pakistan.
But I digress, U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens living abroad must file a U.S. tax return. Consequently, Lolo would have had to file a U.S. Tax return in 1973 even if he was living in Indonesia at the time.
I grant you all that from your previous comment, but what I’m trying to say is that nowhere, until the tax return showed up with the immigration file, did anyone notice that Lolo was living in Hawaii regardless of whether he was living with his wife or not. The myth is that zero arrived in Hawaii on his own (he waved goodbye to her at the airport)a year before she did, she sent him to live with his grandparents ‘for his education’ and when she did arrive, they played happy families.