Malia and Sasha Obama attend the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, reuniting with their parents, former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Multiple reports note the sisters’ timeline alongside their family’s time in Washington. When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, Malia was about 10 years old and Sasha about 7. By the end of their family’s time in the White House in 2017, Malia had reached about 18 and Sasha about 15. The coverage characterizes the event as bringing the Obama daughters back into public view during the presidential center launch in Chicago, where the family gathers for the occasion. The reports focus on the daughters’ presence with their parents at the ceremony and cite their ages at key moments—when Obama took office and when the family left the White House—as context for their return to the spotlight.