Photo gallery: Photo background of President-elect Barack Obama, the 44th President of United States of America, effective January 20, 2009.

Barack Obama, son of Kenyan Muslim immigrant father and American Jewish mother, is the first African-America to be elected President of United States

Late Barack Obama, Sr. of Nyongoma Kogelo village, western Kenya, Africa and late Stanley Ann Dunham of Hawaii, USA; parents of Barack Obama, Jr. (1960s photo)

Barack Obama and his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham

Barack Obama and his father, Barack Obama Sr. when Jr. was 10 years old, in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Obama Presidential Campaign, File)

Barack Obama, aged about 10, with his mother Ann and father Barack Senior, celebrating Christmas in Hawaii

Barack Obama with his mother, step-father (Lolo Seotoro) and half-sister (Maya Seotoro) in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Barack Obama as a young boy. (Courtesy of Barack Obama)

Barack Obama with his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham during a 1982 visit to New York, where Obama was attending Columbia University. (Courtesy of The Obama Family)

Barack Obama with his paternal grandmother, Sarah Hussein Obama, in Kenya, Africa (Courtesy, Obama family)

In this Obama Family photo are: (bottom row, from left) half-sister Auma, her mother Kezia Obama, Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama and unknown; (top row, from left) unknown, Barack Obama, half-brother Abongo (Roy) Obama, and three unknowns. (Courtesy of the Obama Family)

Barack Obama elected President of United States of America on November 4, 2008