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Marian Lois Robinson (née Shields; born July 29, 1937) is the mother of Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States, and Craig Robinson, a basketball executive. She is the mother-in-law of 44th U.S. President Barack Obama.
- Mother of Michelle Obama
- Barack Obama (son-in-law)
Marian Shields Robinson, born July 1937, Chicago, Illinois; married to Fraser Robinson, 1960 in Chicago; a stay-at-home mother while her children were young, Mrs. Robinson later worked as secretary in the offices of Spiegel Catalogue until the 2008 presidential election.
- Four people, one bathroom. Her parents, Marian and Fraser, and her brother, Craig, lived in the cramped upstairs of a bungalow shared with relatives. "If I had to describe it to a real estate agent, it would be a 1BR, 1BA,'' Craig said.
- Her parents were tough. Her parents met as teenagers. Her mother, the former Marian Shields, was the disciplinarian. Her father, Fraser C. Robinson III, ''was the motivator and philosopher-in-chief,'' writes Slevin.
- The young Michelle benefited from Aunt Robbie. From her earliest days, Michelle picked up tips from her mom's aunt, Robbie Shields. Aunt Robbie was a force of nature, teaching her piano and leading operettas.
- They lived near an all-white country club that shooed away the black kids. As kids, Michelle and Craig — 21 months older — grew up in a then-safe South Side neighborhood in what Craig described as ''the Shangri-La of upbringings.''
Marian Lois Robinson ( née Shields; July 30, 1937) is the mother of Michelle Obama and mother-in-law of President Barack Obama. She is the only living grandparent of Malia and Sasha Obama. She also has one granddaughter, Leslie Robinson, and two grandsons, Avery and Austin Robinson, from her son, Craig Robinson .
- U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama's mother
- Fraser C. Robinson III (1935–1991, m. 1960)
Apr 1, 2014 · The elusive Mrs. R.: Marian Robinson, the White House’s not-so-typical live-in grandma. XI'AN, China — It was a rare, almost intimate scene, between Michelle Obama and her mother, played out ...
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Jul 14, 2021 · Due to her many obligations as first lady, which included international travel, Michelle Obama asked her mother, Marian Shields Robinson, to move into the White House as a way to help the girls adjust and maintain a sense of normalcy (via The Daily Mail ). Obama shares a close relationship with her mother.
Jul 1, 2012 · The Shield and Robinson lines met in 1959 in Chicago, where Fraser and Marian Shields Robinson married and raised their children, Craig and Michelle. Rachel Swarns reconstructs Michelle...
