Malia and Sasha Obama are about to take over as the reigning kids of the White House in January, when their dad, Barack Obama, is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. There has already been a lot of talk about their impending move to Washington, with questions of whether their grandmother, Marian Robinson, will move with them as well as discussions of re-decorating. As they plan and anticipate, we decided to do a little preparing of our own: taking a look back at other "first children" during their time at the White House, stretching from Abe Lincoln's son Thomas to George W. Bush's twins Barbara and Jenna.
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