I think it is the fact his mothers name does not include Obama on the long form or the short form. So maybe they were never married as proclaimed. After all in the 60’s that would have been very taboo.
Yes, but IMHO, it was far more taboo in 1961 for a white American woman to be married not only to a black man, but a black African. In 1961, the Obamas would have gone to jail in 17 states. Interestingly. They spent some time in Washington State, but there were no anti-miscegenation laws there. Interestingly there were none in Kansas, either, which leads one to speculate even more about Frank Marshall Davis' time there.