Previous stories in “The Honolulu Advertiser” had mentioned the Dunhams living at the 2277Kamehameha Ave. address before moving to the house on University Ave. I am betting that the parents rented the apartment on Alexander St. for Ann and Jr when they came back to HI from WA. Realizing it would be easier to live with her parents while attending school, Ann would have given up the apartment and moved in with her parents at the home on Kamehameha Ave, before they moved to the home on University Ave. When Ann married Lolo and moved to Indonesia with Jr the Dunhams moved into the apartment on Beretania St.
By 1963 the Dunhams had moved into Apartment 110 of a six-year-old building at 1427 Alexander Street, records show. A year before, Obama Sr. had separated from his wife and child to attend Harvard University. In 1963, when she was a UH sophomore, Stanley Ann Obama's address was listed in a university directory as 2277 Kamehameha Ave. She filed for divorce in 1964. It can be assumed that she and young Barack also spent time with the Dunhams at the two-bedroom apartment on Alexander, which is also still there.
All I am saying is it makes sense for the Dunhams to move from a small cottage to a larger apartment than from a four bedroom house to a two bedroom apartment.
Barry's family history, indeed all his history is muddled with legend and few facts.