Thus she would have access to the estate files of anyone who died there. Thus if the elderly man originally from CT died intestate in Hawaii with no known relatives, Grandma Dunham would have known this person is a prime candidate to steal the SSN of since there would be no known surviving family worrying about the death benefit from SSN and that the benefit was not likely applied for and thus SSA did not know he died.
Thus the SSN remained active for the deceased person and Obama could "adopt" it as his own. This is a clear case of identity theft at the federal level.
This is what we know about Ludwig:
In 1924, Jean Paul Ludwig worked for Senator Reed of PA, in Washington DC.
On the ship manifest of ‘Leviathan’, he listed Senator Reed in Washington...
But, but, but why would Obama need to steal a SS number? Let me think about that for a minute.
OK, I think I've got it:
SINCE HE WASN'T A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE AND COULDN'T GET ONE