The family of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, and his wife Michelle Obama is made up of people of Kenyan (Luo), African-American, and Old Stock American (including originally English, Scots-Irish, Welsh, German, and Swiss) ancestry.[1][2][3][4][5] Their immediate family was the First Family of the United States from 2009 to 2017.[6] The Obamas are the first First Family of African-American descent