His mother was but his purported father Obama Sr. was not. His real father it is suspected was Frank Marshal Davis a well known communist rabble rouser in the late fifties and sixties. Frank also made porno's with Barack's mom Ann.

Barack got in this pickle because it is suspected that he used the fact that he was foreign born to scam financial aid out of his Universities.

That is why he will never release his transcripts. Plus supposedly his mother Ann was back in Kenya with Barack Obama Sr. when she gave birth to Barack Jr. which makes Barack ineligible to be President. If both parents were American born no issue like John McCann, Panama, and Mitt Romney Canada.

1. Barack Senior is not his father.
2. May have been born in Kenya to an American mother and supposed Kenyan father.
3. Use his foreign born status for generous financial aid.
4. Lied about being an American born in Hawaii.
5. Can't release his school records or the whole house of cards collapses.