Agree.
I think Malcolm X is his father.
I never saw the resemblance to MX before! Scary. But I guarantee MX isn’t his dad. MX was definitely NOT into white women. And was pretty outspoken about it.
About the ongoing mystery of who sired Barry -—
It’s truly weird that so many men fall into the “could be”, “might be”, “is he” category. The Chicago angle piques my interest and curiosity. According to Barry, she spent the summer of 1959 there as an au pair, and it was then that she saw the movie “Black Dalia” - which apparently convinced the then 16-year old that white males would be a waste of her time and talents. She was a 16 yeal old girl in 1959. Who in hell took her - or allowed her - to see that film?! In Chicago! In the family history as told by Barry, Dunhams never lived in Chicago. So for whom was Stanley Ann being an au pair? Why did a 16-year old girl travel from Seattle, Washington to Chicago to babysit for the summer? WHO was she staying with/working for? Barry’s book said she’d been accepted to the University of Illinois/Chicago, but her father wouldn’t let her go there - too young to be in Chicago on her own.
Suppose Barry shifted the dates somewhat. Suppose for a minute that Stanley Ann was [an au pair] in Chicago not in 1959, but in 1960 - after graduating from high school. Suppose that instead of the scenario being that her father wouldn’t let her go to school there, the scenario was that she was indeed there to attend the U. of Illinois/Chicago. And suppose that there was some other black-themed enticement, besides the Black Dahlia film. And suppose that Stanley Ann got herself pregnant there in that toddlin’ town - by who? Her “employer”? What would happen? Daddy would haul her to Hawaii post-haste. And daddy might be fortunate enough to come across a [necessarily] black man who was having financial difficulties - and also had no conpunctions against having multiple wives, as long as the father of the white one was willing to make it worth his while monetarily - and no demands were made on his time and lifestyle. Her baby could have his name, but he couldn’t be “junior”. Not being his true son, he would have to be “II”.
Supposing.
One thing that would be helpful in figuring out who might have been the father: Barry is left-handed. It’s an inherited trait, though not necessarily from a parent. It could have shown previously in a grandparent, aunt or uncle, cousin, etc. He got it from SOMEBODY. On those passport docs of Stanley Ann’s there’s one that has the odd name under “children” - that Barack H. Obama, and Soebarkah [?]. On the form the name is crossed out with hatch-marks made in the direction/angle a left-handed person would use. The circumstances would then indicate Stanley Ann was left-handed. Of course, it’s also possible she let Barry make the marks!
The curiosity - and frustration - continues.