The story is from the Times of London.

Okay, so now we have this Obama relative living in a Boston slum, and another, a half-brother, living in a grass hut in Africa.

Sen. Obama is a multi-millionaire who wants more government through higher spending and more taxes, yet he doesn't seem to take care of his own family -- when he is clearly able to do so financially.

At the very least, it is ironic. How will that resonate with the voters?

Glenn Reynolds has a lot more.

Update: Barack Obama, in his 2004 speech at the 2004 Dem Convention: (via Ace)

It's that fundamental belief — I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper — that makes this country work.