[TomGuy]

It wasn't his uncle (old version).
It was his great uncle (new version).

Maybe it really wasn't a blood relative/uncle, but more like The Rev Wright, whom he considered an uncle.

[It is curious that Obama manages to pull relatives — from his mother's side, the white side — out from under the bus, when he needs them, usually to on issues related to war, military service, patriotism.]

[Sacajaweau]

My dad practically lived in the attic after the war.....'cause that's where his short wave set was.

He had turned it into his own little space.

Many people were living in so called attics after the war. Families lived with families and many houses were small back then....typical 1 1/2 story "wartime" houses.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

but more like The Rev Wright, whom he considered an uncle.

Didn't Obama once say, as an attempt to explain him away, that Rev. Wright was "like a crazy uncle you keep in the attic"?

Hmmm . . .

[johnny7]

Maybe it really wasn't a blood relative/uncle, but more like The Rev Wright, whom he considered an uncle.

I'm sure his mom brought home quite a few... “uncles”.