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• n  the mother of your father or mother

• Sarah Anyango Obama, step-grandmother of Barack Obama, outside her home in Kogela, Kenya.
• Take the nickname he uses for his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.
• Amid Kenya's turmoil, the candidate's step-grandmother feeds the chickens and celebrates her grandson's quest.

• grandma
• granny
• grannie
• gran
• nan
• nanna

News & Articles

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• Grandmother: CYFD failed to protect boy
  The grandmother of a 7-month-old boy critically hurt when he was left in a hot car Monday says she reported the parents to a state agency more than a month ago because she feared the worst might happen.
  June 13, 2013 - KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque
• Grandmother denied early release for grandson's death
  A Fort Myers grandmother is pleading with a judge to be released early from probation. Nearly three years ago, Michelle Freiburger took responsibility for the death of her grandson Ian. Ian Allen, 2, died in 2010 after finding a loaded gun in a nightstand and shooting himself.
  June 12, 2013 - NBC 2 Fort Myers
• Grandmother pleads guilty in death of grandson
  A grandmother has admitted she killed her 2-year-old grandson, tearing his liver and causing an array of bruises, abrasions and burns during beatings she administered in her apartment.
  June 12, 2013 - KPLC Lake Charles

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in The Daily Star
  Refusing to repudiate his pastor Obama said: "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother."
• Jennifer Hudson in Guardian Unlimited
  Oh my God, I have to just take this moment in. I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. I didn't think I was going to win,Hudson said through tears of joy. "If my grandmother was here to see me now. She was my biggest inspiration."