Kenya - "Granny" Obama Suffers Bruises When Car Taking Her Home Flips Over - NYTimes.com President Obama's 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a hospital official said Monday. The relative said Sarah Obama, whom Mr. Obama referred to in his memoir as "Granny," was traveling to her home in the village of Kogelo, in western Kenya, when the accident happened Saturday night.