[a fool in paradise]

Mommy and Daddy reportedly married after the pregnancy. Additionally the marriage was not valid because Daddy was a bigamist/polygamist.

[Siena Dreaming]

Yes, I know they married after the pregnancy (Obama Sr. for the second time).

But it was widely assumed that they were joined in a legal US ceremony by the time Obama was born.

I'm not so sure that's true. And the real BC may reflect that.