“But if an official marriage doc for SADO and BHO SR were to be found, then that would change things, wouldn’t it?”
As early as April 1961, the INS suspected that the Feb 1961 marriage was bigamous. Curiously, unlike most US states, in HI a bigamous marriage is not automatically void but only voidable IF LEGALLY PERFORMED IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE.
IF Sr. had taken SADO to Kenya and entered into a Muslim plural marriage it might have been legal under UK Kenyan colonial law, but there is no evidence that the bigamous marriage took place in Kenya or that it was Muslim.
Below is a link and syllabus from a fascinating case from Hawaii which is similar but distinguishable fro the BHO Sr.-SADO marriage:
https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/1505305014
“Where wage earner married a second woman without benefit of termination of his first marriage in China at a time when polygamous marriages were legal, Hawaiian courts would consider the second marriage voidable due to the general public policy against polygamy. However, since Hawaiian courts would rule the marriage voidable rather than void the second wife would have inheritance rights where neither of the parties sought a divorce of nullity at any time. (C~ Tai C. RA IX (T~) to RC, 11/17/82)”
IF Sr. had taken SADO to Kenya and entered into a Muslim plural marriage it might have been legal under UK Kenyan colonial law,
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do we know for sure he and they didnt do so ???