Marian Shields Robinson Marian Shields Robinson Marian Lois Robinson (née Shields; born July 30, 1937) is the mother of Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States, and mother-in-law of Barack Obama, former President. Marian Shields was born in Chicago in 1937, the fourth of seven children—five girls, followed by two boys—born to Purnell Nathaniel Shields, a house painter, and his wife Rebecca Jumper, a licensed practical nurse. Two of her sisters and her brother Steve still live in Chicago on the South Side, as she did. Both parents had multi-racial ancestry, but slavery times were not discussed much when she was
Lithuanian name married woman usually adopts her husband's name. However, other combinations are legally possible. The wife may keep her maiden name ("mergautinė pavardė") or add her husband's surname to hers, thus creating a double-barrelled name. It is also possible, though rare, for the husband to adopt his wife's surname or to add his wife's surname to his family name. Family names first appeared in Lithuania ca. end of 14th century beginning 15th century and were only reserved to the Lithuanian nobility. They usually derived from patronymics. The most striking peculiarity of the historical Lithuanian heraldic system, which is adopted from the