I was catching up on this thread - just finished the last comment.
I read your theory about Madelyn being the mother and BO Sr. the father and tried a little Sherlock Holmes approach. First, let’s say that Mad is mother and let’s also say that Barack Jr. just looks too much like Stanley (chin most obviously) NOT to be related to him by blood.
Next, since I personally believe that the father is Malcolm X (ears most definitely and more) is his father, how could Madelyn be the mother, Malcom X the father and the baby also be blood related to Stanley?
I have read enough about Madelyn and Stanley to know that there are inconsistencies in their backgrounds and maybe some photos that have been phonied up of the two of them so maybe there is room for some speculation about them. What if, instead of being husband and wife, Madelyn and Stanley are brother and sister? Ann, by looks, is Stan’s daughter but her mother could be someone else and Ann only posed as the daughter of the two of them. If they were some kind of spies or commies on a mission, their living arrangement could easily be for appearances sake only and the real circumstances something else entirely.
Madelyn was around 3 years older than Malcolm X - insignificant in these things and biologically there’s no reason we know of that would rule out the two of them producing a baby. Malcolm X was certainly capable of having kids as we know.
Well, what do you think? Are there enough photos of Madelyn and Stanley that we could look carefully at them side by side? Is there anything written anywhere about Madelyn traveling in 1960-61? Is this totally nuts?
Think like a man, if you had a chance at a silly young girl, or the mother...which would you choose?