One year ago, Barack Obama, Jr. took office at noon on January 20, 2009. He is the first African American to become a U.S. president. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.His father was black and his mother was white. His parents divorced when he was a toddler and his mather, step-father, and maternal parents raised him. He married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They have two daughers. The Obamas are the first First Family of Afican-American descent in the United States and the youngest to enter the White House since the Kennedys.