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
Virginia (given name) first child born to English parents in North America. Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter that prompted the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the "New York Sun". The most famous Virginia is probably the English modernist author Virginia Woolf. Virginia (given name) Virginia is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Roman family name "Virginius", a name probably derived from the Latin word virgo, meaning ""maiden"" or ""virgin"." According to legend, Virginia was a Roman girl who was killed by her father in order to save her from seduction