Is Obama's mom and grandparents all dead? I never see them n.t

[NMDemDist2]

[tammywammy]

1. His maternal grandmother is still alive

She lives in Hawaii. I don't think she's in good health.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. I hope she's watching! n/t

[beac]

12. I'm sure she is and she must be about to BURST with pride.

She did GOOD!

[Orangepeel]

2. His Grandmother is alive but too sick to travel

he went to Hawaii a few weeks ago to visit her.

[madeline_con]

3. I think so. His uncle was on last night.

Helped free one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald(sp).

Standing ovation, not a dry eye in the palce!

[ColbertWatcher]

5. I missed it! You don't happen to have a link, do you? n/t

[madeline_con]

7. EDIT: Huffo has it

Kerry introduced him. He was sitting with Mrs. Obama.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/27/john-kerry-democratic-con_n_121944.html

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Thank you! n/t

[Pirate Smile]

4. Only his grandmother is still alive but she can't travel and isn't in great shape physically.

She was in one TV ad but we haven't seen her since then.

[kwolf68]

8. Obama

His mother died of cancer when she was 53 I think.

[misanthrope]

9. Haven't you heard?...

...His father was Satan and his mother was a jackal. That's what all my fundie relatives keep saying.

[kestrel91316]

11. His sister, Maya Soetoro Ng, is alive, lives in HI, and is at the convention IIRC.

I don't know how many uncles and aunts he has, or cousins.