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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

Lynn is correct. Obama was named after his father: Barak Hussein Obama.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
>
>> However, I find it interesting that when such a "good Christian Man"
>> CHOOSES to be called by names other than those he was given, he chooses
>> good staunch names from a muslim tradition.   My question simply
>> becomes "Why?"   And he has not given a satisfactory answer to this.
>
> I though Barack Hussien Obama WAS his birth name? I thought he used
> 'Barry' when he was young (probably to 'fit in' better). With a name
> like Wigglesworth, I can admire someone who proudly uses their real
> name. :-)