BOSTON -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has an aunt living in a housing project in South Boston, but she's keeping a low profile, telling reporters she doesn't want to talk about the election until after Nov. 4.

Zeituni Onyango, 56, confirmed to the Times of London that she is the "Auntie Zeituni" Obama wrote about in his memoir "Dreams from My Father."

Onyango lives in a a disabled-access unit on Flaherty Way in the city's Southie neighborhood and recently made a $260 campaign contribution to Obama, according to the Times.

Obama's half-brother in Kenya confirmed that Onyango is Obama's aunt. He said she moved to the United States eight years ago and has sent him e-mails.

Obama described meeting his aunt during a visit to Kenya in 1988 when she worked as a programmer at a Nairobi brewery.

She and another Obama uncle are the children of Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, by his third wife. Obama's father was his son by a second wife, so Onyango is the half-sister of Barack Obama's deceased father.

It is unclear whether the candidate is even aware that his aunt has been living in the U.S.