Young Obama

Barack Obama playing in the ocean as a child in an family snapshot from the 1960's. (REUTERS)
President Barack Obama's birth certificate that was released by the White House in Washington April 27, 2011. The White House on Wednesday released a longer version of President Barack Obama's US birth certificate to try to quiet a debate within Republican circles that he was not born in the United States. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama swinging a baseball bat as a child in an undated family snapshot. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama with his step-father Lolo Soetoro, his sister Maya Soetoro and his mother Ann Dunham in an undated family snapshot. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama riding a tricycle as a child in Hawaii in an undated family snapshot. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama is seen as a child with his mother Ann Dunham in an undated family snapshot from the 1960's released by his presidential campaign, February 4, 2008. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama in the 1970s as an elementary school student at the SDN-I Menteng in Jakarta. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama with his father Barack Obama, Sr. in a family snapshot from the 1960's. (REUTERS)
Barack Obama in an undated family snapshot. (REUTERS)
Barack and Michelle Obama on their wedding day, October 18, 1992. (REUTERS)