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It’s a possibility that Stanley Ann gave birth in Vancouver, HOWEVER, having lived in Washington State, I can tell you that no one needed a US Passport to travel back and forth into Canada in those days.

I would be curious to know why she got one in 1960 - certainly not to move from Seattle to Hawaii in summer 1960. It was already a state....of course, her files were “accidentally destroyed” a few years back so we may never get a clear answer on exactly when she applied for her first passport.

I was just going to comment on why Canada is my educated best-guess as to Barry’s birthplace, and something unrelated to that just popped into my bean...!

About Stanley Ann having a passport in 1960 - In the INS file on Obama, Senior, one of the internal memos - don’t recall offhand its main topic - it’s noted that the subject [Senior] had said his USC [United states Citizen] wife was [at the time of the memo] in the Philippines!

No reason was given, and no further info - date left, date due back, with anyone, etc. - Just mentioned kind of in passing that she was in the Philippines.

I’ve wondered why, and why no mention elsewhere [books, etc.] of such a trip...but... Then all of a sudden just now - Hey, what in sam hill was she doing in the Philippines?

I’ll have to do a bit of digging to find the exact date of the memo - but whatever, it was after the Feb. 1960 “wedding” [Senior had said ‘US citizen wife’] - but would have been [or should have been] well before her baby’s August birth.

I’ve never been on board with the Kenyan birth theory, but yikes! Could she have been on her way to Kenya? By way of the Philippines?

Or might she have been in the Philippines [for whatever reason?!] and gone from there by ship to Vancouver, which would indeed have required a passport.

I’ve never seen anything commented about this Philippines bit - Has anyone else? I’ll bet all the sleuths have gone to bed already.

Digging needed - really curious about this, and hope others have info I’ve apparently not seen>