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• Maya Soetoro-Ng is the half-sister of President Barack Obama. Soetoro-Ng and President Obama have different fathers, but share the same mother, Ann Dunham.NY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008) Their grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died of cancer on November 3, 2008, only a day before her grandson was elected president.Washington Post: Obama's Grandmother Dies (November 3, 2008)

  Soetoro-Ng actively campaigned on her half-brother's behalf for the 2008 election. She spoke briefly at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado on August 25, 2008.The Rocky Mountain News: DNC Speaker Lineup Taking Shape (August 15, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Resides: Hawaii
  2. Mother, Ann Dunham, died at the age of 52 from ovarian cancerNY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008)
  3. Her father, Lolo Soetoro, was IndonesianNY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008)
  4. Ann Dunham met both of her husbands at the East-West Center on the University of Hawaii campusNY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008)
  5. Is 9 years younger than her half-brother, President Barack ObamaNY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008)
  6. Husband: Konrad Ng, a Chinese-CanadianTimes of India: Obama Calls Himself a Desi (August 19, 2008)
  7. Occupation: Teaches at La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls in Honolulu, Hawaii
  8. Has a PhD in EducationPolitical Punch: Barack Obama's Branch-y Family Tree (July 28, 2008)
  9. Teaches world culture, history and civicsTampaBay.com: What's Maya Soetoro-Ng Reading? (August 3, 2008)
  10. Has a bumper sticker on her car that says, "1-20-09. End of an Error"NY Times: All in the Family (January 20, 2008)

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