Okeydokey. I get it. You’re suggesting that after all this ‘firsthand research’ it’s a waste of time asking any more questions? So to make you happy, I’ll drop it, and hope it goes away.
That’s not exactly what I’m saying Fred. We all ask questions. When it comes to Obama, we all have way too many questions. My point is the one I made most clearly in post 865. Namely, that under normal circumstances the only reliable way to get definite answers is via firsthand investigation. Sometimes, as in the case of Obama, it doesn’t work. Everything is sealed off. But in an average case it does work. The local library likely has good resources, as would routine public records. When you’re local, you can even inquire about cemeteries and similar locations and check them out too.
In the case of David, nothing beats talking to the friends and neighbors of the family. This, incidentally, has already been done. A great relief to me, since a trip to Nairobi is out of the question. If you don’t trust the answers that have already been collected and recorded, you can’t substitute theories about a photograph. It’s apples and oranges. Apples being the fun of making guesses and theories about online images; oranges being tracking down actual people and public records related to the party in question, so as to amass evidence and draw a fact-based conclusion.