… Barack Obama wrote “Dreams of My Father,” not “Dreams of My Mother.” It could be viewed as a strange choice: Barack Obama Sr. played scarcely any role in his son’s life, leaving the future president to be raised by his mother and maternal grandparents. For a man that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accuses of “Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior,” Obama’s actual upbringing was surprisingly American. …
https://www.politico.com/story/2010/10/barack-obama-irish-american-dream-043381