Though he is of African American decent, he is half white and half black. His dad is from Kenya and his mom (white American) is from Kansas.

He was born in Hawaii on Aug 4, 1961.

He married his wife, Michelle Robinson on October 3, 1992. The couple's first daughter, Malia Ann, was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter, Natasha ("Sasha"), in 2001.

Tracing his genealogy roots, they found that he is related to Dick Cheney (I think 8th cousin). I remember Obama once saying in an interview that he does not want to go (for family) hunting with Dick Cheney. :)