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As long as we are speculating, I think it is possible that the undercurrent of differences she had with her family; the timing of the departure lounge pictures (December 60/January 61) in her "wedding dress"; could also lead us to the proposition that the wedding itself might have taken place in Kenya in February of 61 where his extra wives were not a problem and the marriage would have been legal.

I thought we debunked those photos as being in her wedding dress earlier in the thread. They look more like from Obama Sr.'s visit at age 10.

'As long as we are speculating, I think it is possible that the undercurrent of differences she had with her family; the timing of the departure lounge pictures (December 60/January 61) in her "wedding dress"; could also lead us to the proposition that the wedding itself might have taken place in Kenya in February of 61 where his extra wives were not a problem and the marriage would have been legal.'

I thought we debunked those photos as being in her wedding dress earlier in the thread. They look more like from Obama Sr.'s visit at age 10.

I haven't said anything about that issue here although I have talked to some others outside about it.

We all take it as a given that both of the pictures in the Departure Lounge of the Honolulu Airport were taken on the same day. (Same suits, ties, white shirts--see Obama Sr.'s cuffs, guys in the background, Christmas lights, location in the airport, etc.) So the argument that they were taken in 1970 instead of 1960 comes down to the proposition that the boy in the second picture is Obama. It may be that question can be conclusively resolved because someone here said the Honolulu Airport was rebuilt in the mid sixties so we should be able to see whether this is the departure lounge in the old airport or the new airport.

There is a second set of pictures, also from Time, established from the 1970's Christmas visit. Compare them with the airport pictures. She looks significantly older. She is much heavier; fatter face and arms; Obama Sr. is older; and Obama Jr. is much thinner, much much thinner face than the boy in the airport picture, much thinner physically.

Speculation is that the boy in the airport picture might be the half-brother--fatter face; higher cheekbones; larger mouth than Obama. How and why does he get to Honolulu? No idea.

But the airport pictures, properly analyzed, might provide a fit for the various time lines. Incidentally, the "wedding dress" caption comes from quoting Obama, I believe in the Time article. It is a "wedding picture"--in the departure lounge of the Honolulu airport in the Christmas season of 1960; what are they doing there?