10/03/1992 AD married

Before meeting Obama, Michelle had told her mother she intended to focus solely on her career.

Barack Obama has said the couple had an "opposites attract" scenario in their initial interest in each other, since Michelle had stability from her two-parent home while he was "adventurous".

After suffering a miscarriage, Michelle underwent in vitro fertilisation to conceive their daughters Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001).

Robinson met Barack Obama when they were among the few African Americans at their law firm, Sidley Austin LLP (she has sometimes said only two, although others have noted that there were others in different departments). She was assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate.

Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a community organization meeting where he first impressed her. The couple's first date was to Spike Lee's movie Do the Right Thing (1989).

Chicago, IL

Lattitude: 41.8844° N
Longitude: 87.6324° W
Region: North America

Modern Day United States

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