I roto i te Pipiri 1989, tutaki Obama Michelle Robinson i ia i mahi rite te hoa raumati i te Chicago ture kamupene o Sidley Austin. i whakaritea Robinson mo te toru marama rite te kaitohutohu o Obama i te kamupene, a ka uru ia ki a ia i roto i te maha o ngā mahi pāpori rōpū, engari i whakakahoretia ana e ia i ana tono tuatahi ki te rā. tīmata ratou teití i muri i taua raumati, ka meinga i roto i 1991 ka marena i runga i Oketopa 3, 1992. whanau te tamahine tuatahi o te tokorua, Malia Ann, i roto i te 1998, i muri i te tamahine tuarua, Natasha ("S"), i roto i te 2001. haere nga tamahine Obama i te Whare Wānanga o Chicago Laboratory School. ka neke ratou ki Washington, Ted D.C., ka timata te kotiro tuarua ki te whakamahi i te ingoa wahine i roto i te kura wai.
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