[Yaelle]

Occam can’t find his razor.

However, I think more plausible is that Ann got knocked up by a black man, maybe in Seattle or Chicago, and they moved to Hawaii because of this racy romance or pregnancy, and then Ann grabbed the first kind black man she met and asked if he would go along with the charade and give her son a name.

This would explain why everything happened so fast with Barack Sr. and also why Barack Junior looks NOTHING like him.

[mad_as_he$$]

That is plausible. I have known several families in my life who foisted an illegitimate child on one of the daughters after the father had an affair and knocked up his secretary or girlfriend. On the other hand I have also know several where the daughter got knocked up and the child was passed off as a sibling

[wintertime]

Occam can’t find his razor.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You bet!

Also...Why go through an expensive divorce if there was no marriage, and we do know that the divorce happened.

[Stultis]

However, I think more plausible is that Ann got knocked up by a black man, maybe in Seattle or Chicago, and they moved to Hawaii because of this racy romance or pregnancy

Did you read the article? That's one of the (two) theories that Cashill posits.

[UCANSEE2]

However, I think more plausible is that Ann got knocked up by a black man, maybe in Seattle or Chicago

And who was Ms. Dunham 'dating' while in Chicago?????

[happygrl]

You make the most sense.

And Africans were exotic.

They probably passed him off as an African prince, coming to America.