Well lets get back to this point. You said it matters to person to person?
I highly doubt this. I am pretty sure there must be pleanty of people out there who think its important to know where Obama comes from.
Otherwise it would have not been much of an issue then, because it would not be in the general public interest. =/
Like I said before, I am not asking for a complete set of facts at all. I wanted to know why (thus being subjective asking for a view) some may say its important to know where he comes from.
not that I am expecting you to tell me now
I just think its kinda useless to know where someone comes from and to know details about their past life, as long as it does not affect them in the current state that they are in. In Obama's case, knowing anything about his past life won't change much of anything.
I would say it comes down to Nationalism where people would say its important to know where someone comes from.