[thouworm]

will check; asking because I think there might be (unconfirmed) evidence that BHO, Sr married third wife Ruth in 1964 in Mass.

If so, it might explain the necessity for the divorce, which became final in Mar 1964 (assuming BHO, Sr & Stanley Ann were married).

BHO, Sr and Ruth’s son, Mark, was born in 1964.

Also, according to “Dreams,” Mark was the uncontested heir to BHO’s Sr’s estate because none of the other children could prove their legal claim to be his offspring. Mark had all the necessary documents.

Ruth says she was married about 7 yrs to BHO, Sr. They might have divorced in 1971. Wondered if that might have had anything to do with the law you are citing (rather than the abuse) & also BHO Sr’s trip to the US that year.

Much speculation here, and even if true, does it tie in anywhere to the subject of our focus.

[RummyChick]

Don’t know anything about the marriage to Ruth other than I had seen it reported that it was done in Kenya..which of course could be not true.

So your theory is possible about the need for a divorce...

here is a paper on the polygamy aspect and discussion of the laws..I havent read it yet.
http://www.olir.it/areetematiche/104/documents/Sona_Polygamy_in_Britain.pdf

[Fred Nerks]

BHO, Sr and Ruth’s son, Mark, was born in 1964.

Interesting. In 1964? So Ruth may have been pregnant while Obama Sr was still at Harvard?