But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts - that out of many, we are truly one.

• 对于这一多种族溶于其家庭的特点，奥巴马认为，“这正是说明在我的基因里已注定认定我们这一国家不是许多部分的简单相加，而是一个真正的联合体。”