Or perhaps so they they would think her daughter was married.
Obama Sr was still married to another woman in Africa at that time.
Maybe the "announcement" was put in the newspapers so that Grandma could create the illusion that her daughter was "married" to the child's father.
The real truth may have been too embarrassing:
Barack's mom was either married polygamously to Obama Sr. (who never divorced his first wife), or not married to him at all.
By submitting her own version of the "facts" to the newspaper for publication, Grandma could have saved herself, her daughter, and her grandchild lots of embarrassment.
Large city newspapers probably don't bother to check every single birth announcement that gets sent to them anyway.
The newspaper birth announcement is probably one of many forgeries. (Selective Service, Copy of Birth Certificate posted on fact check . org, forged birth announcement in newspaper, etc)
Obama/Axlerod/Emmanual all thought the eligibility issue would be dropped after he won. But instead, they are in defense mode. They’ve taken down the forged so called birth certificate because they are starting to realize the cover-up is just as bad if not worse than the original fraudulent act.
Stanley Anne Dunham never lived at that address listed in the newspaper announcement. The birth announcement newspaper forgery was probably created in 2008.
Rahm must have given the mainstream news organizations the go ahead to acknowledge the birth certificate rumors, but only within specific guidelines.
I think you’re right.