David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama challenges parts of Obama's own memoir, Dreams from my Father, as BuzzFeed reported .

Hussein Onyango, Barack's grandfather, wasn't really imprisoned and tortured by the British.

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The father of his Indonesian stepfather, Soewarno Martodihardjo, wasn't killed by Dutch soldiers in the fight for independence.

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Regina, a friend at Occidental who Obama writes about as a symbol of the authentic African-American experience turns out to be based on Carolina Boss, who is white. Regina was the name of her Swiss grandmother.

Regina, a friend at Occidental who Obama writes about as a symbol of the authentic African-American experience turns out to be based on Carolina Boss, who is white. Regina was the name of her Swiss grandmother.

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Obama projected a racial incident onto his New York girlfriend that he later told Maraniss had happened in Chicago.

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9 Tall Tales From Barack Obama’s Memoir

Hussein Onyango, Barack's grandfather, wasn't really imprisoned and tortured by the British.

The father of his Indonesian stepfather, Soewarno Martodihardjo, wasn't killed by Dutch soldiers in the fight for independence.

Regina, a friend at Occidental who Obama writes about as a symbol of the authentic African-American experience turns out to be based on Carolina Boss, who is white. Regina was the name of her Swiss grandmother.

Obama projected a racial incident onto his New York girlfriend that he later told Maraniss had happened in Chicago.

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