Barack Obama’s Kenyan clan

Relatives of Barack Obama celebrate in his ancestral village after his victory in the U.S. election was announced.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

Step-grandmother Sarah Onyango, center, makes her way through hordes of visitors outside her house after giving a news conference about Obama’s victory in the U.S. election. “Dealing with all this, it’s been like a full-time job, ”said an uncle, Said Obama.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

Malik Obama, half-brother of the president-elect, sings in celebration his family after the U.S. election results are announced. He gave a separate news conference after being edged out of the main family one. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki was among the first foreign heads of state to congratulate President-elect Obama.  (Tony Karumba / AFP/Getty Images)

Then-Sen. Barack Obama, with wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, waves after planting an African olive tree at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2006. Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai is at his right.  (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)