The couple met while they were studying at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii at Manca. They later married. Their marriage was short; when Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father left Hawaii to pursue his Ph.D. at Harvard, and later returned to Kenya. Obama did see his father again when he was ten years old.
His mother’s second marriage to Indonesian born Lolo Soetoro resulted in Obama and his mother’s move to Jakarta in 1967. His mother and Soetoro had a daughter together. When Obama was ten years old, he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents; his mother later joined him. He attended the prestigious prep school Punahou Academy, graduating in 1978.