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Barack Obama and his father.


Family portraits, including one of Barack Obama's father, hang in his family house.


Barack Obama in a group photograph in Jakarta. When he was six years old Obama moved to Indonesia after his divorced mother remarried an Indonesian foreign student, Lolo Soetoro.


Barack Obama with his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham.


Barack Obama in a 1978 senior yearbook photo at the Punahou school in Honolulu, Hawaii.


1979, Hawaii: Barack Obama playing basketball at Punahou school.


July 22 2004: Barack Obama teaching at the University of Chicago law school. Obama arrived in Chicago in 1985 with a college degree, a map of the city and a new job as a community organiser, only to move on a few years later to Harvard law school. When he returned to Chicago, he joined a small civil rights firm, ran a voter registration drive, and lectured on constitutional law at the University of Chicago law school.


July 27 2004, Boston, US: Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, wave to delegates after he delivered his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention.

December 8 2004, Chicago, US: Barack and Michelle Obama at home.

November 2 2004, Chicago, US: Barack Obama, holding his daughter Malia, and his wife, Michelle, holding their daughter Sasha, are covered in confetti after Obama delivered his acceptance speech. Obama, only the fifth black US senator to be elected in history, defeated the Republican Alan Keyes in the nation's first senate race with two black major-party candidates.

January 15 2007, Harvery, US: Barack Obama signs autographs after speaking at the Dr Martin Luther King Jr birthday celebration at St Mark cathedral.

January 29 2008, US: Barack Obama talks with reporters during a flight from Washington to Wichita.

June 27 2008, Unity, US: Barack Obama and former rival Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd.

August 23 2008, Springfield, US: Barack Obama introduces Joe Biden as his choice for vice-president.

October 6 2008, San Diego, US: The comic book biographies of Barack Obama and John McCain.

President-elect ... Barack Obama gives his victory speech to supporters in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.