I knew that story stank by the end of the first paragraph, which ends in ANN DUNHAM.
Her name wasn’t ANN. It was Stanley Ann. That’s how she introduced herself according to those who claimed to know her.
The entry in the Polk for Honolulu for ANN S OABAMA wasn’t the Dunham daughter. The Dunhams shared the house with Stanley Armour’s employer, the Pratt family are also listed in the Polk at that address and the Pratt daughter told Maraniss she doesn’t remember a daughter of the Dunhams living there either pregnant or with a baby.
ANN S OBAMA wasn’t Stanley Ann.
That’s why the obots insist on referring to her as Ann. From that moment on, this ridiculous article collapses into Alice Through the Lookingglass territory.
Don't know for sure. It would be hard to imagine two different women with such similar names and surname "Obama" anywhere in the United States c. 1960. I don't know this for a fact, because the 1960 Census will not be released for another 20 years, but I'd surmise that the number of individuals with surname "Obama" in the entire United States at that time could be counted on your fingers. With so few people in the universe of Obamas in the US back then, probability is greater that "Stanley Ann" and "Ann S" are one and the same.
It wouldn't be that unusual for Stanley Ann, or someone else, to report her name to the Polk Directory as "Ann S. Obama." Reversing first and middle names in directories is not uncommon, either intentionally or unintentionally.
BTW, isn't there a listing for "Ann Obama" in the SEATTLE Polk Directory c. 1961, at the same time Stanley Ann was attending the University of Washington, as shown on a copy of a transcript?