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Obama's half brother performs in China
AP via Yahoo ^ | Fri Jan 16, 2:03 pm ET | WILLIAM FOREMAN

Posted on 01/16/2009 3:30:50 PM PST by mgstarr

SHENZHEN, China – The news release didn't say who Mark Ndesandjo was. Nor did the posters and e-mails promoting the concert Friday in this southern Chinese boomtown where he played piano to raise money for orphans.

But the 200 or so people who showed up for the fundraiser at a posh hotel resort knew the man in a Chinese-style brown silk shirt was the half brother of President-elect Barack Obama. They had a rare encounter with Ndesandjo, who has been dodging the media since his family ties were made public last summer.

For the past seven years, Ndesandjo has been living in Shenzhen, a freewheeling city just across the border from Hong Kong. The announcement for his piano concert identified him as a strategic marketing consultant. He also helped start a chain of eateries in China called Cabin BBQ.

Ndesandjo has a thin mustache, shaved head and a gold stud in his left earlobe. He slightly resembles his half brother, and shares the same trim, athletic physique. He speaks Mandarin, is a vegetarian and practices Chinese calligraphy.

Ndesandjo apparently wants a low-key life separate from Obama. No one mentioned his family when he was introduced at the charity concert and cocktail party sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

During brief remarks on stage, Ndesandjo mentioned that he would visit the U.S. in a couple days, apparently to attend Tuesday's presidential inauguration. He said if he didn't make the trip in time, he would embarrass his family.

And he told the crowd that chamber president, Harley Seyedin, was fond of the president-elect. Ndesandjo added, "I like my president, too!" That was the closest he came to mentioning Barack Obama.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; ndesandjo; obamafamily
How many half-brothers does he have?
1 posted on 01/16/2009 3:30:50 PM PST by mgstarr
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2 posted on 01/16/2009 3:35:57 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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“How many half-brothers does he have? “

From what we know of BHO Sr, possibly hundreds! LOL


3 posted on 01/16/2009 3:36:20 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares (Refusing to kneel before the socialist messiah. 1-20-13 Freedom Day.)
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You beat me to it!!!! Seems like a new brother, sister, aunt is popping up every other week!


4 posted on 01/16/2009 3:45:14 PM PST by New Girl
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In this Obama Family photo are: (bottom row, from left) half-sister Auma, her mother Kezia Obama, Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama and unknown; (top row, from left) unknown, Barack Obama, half-brother Abongo (Roy) Obama, and three unknowns.
5 posted on 01/16/2009 3:49:58 PM PST by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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Obama and the Unknowns, ladies and gentlemen!


6 posted on 01/16/2009 3:53:20 PM PST by rabidralph (Taken: Aslan kicks ass, again!)
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How many half-brothers does he have?

That was my first thought after reading the headline!
7 posted on 01/16/2009 4:04:08 PM PST by LA Woman3
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Certainly are a fecund lot..


8 posted on 01/16/2009 4:04:20 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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On the right..


Hakeem Olajuwon Obama and Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal O'Bama...

9 posted on 01/16/2009 4:10:12 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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How many half-brothers does he have?


10 posted on 01/16/2009 4:11:54 PM PST by Polybius
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Seems this half brother wants nothing to do with 0bama...maybe there is one member of that clan who can have a measure of respect..Good for him to be his own person.
11 posted on 01/16/2009 4:15:15 PM PST by celtic gal
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If being BHO’s relative helps him get the gig.... shades of Roger Clinton!


12 posted on 01/16/2009 7:48:57 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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A Chinese media reported him, and emphasized he is very low-key and never accept any interviews.

Mark(left)


Mark's wife

13 posted on 01/18/2009 9:24:14 PM PST by tgbhu
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