Sentences with phrase «raised by a cousin»

Raised by a cousin who insisted Thurmond stay in school after his mother died, he earned a master's degree in social work and another in law and social policy from Bryn Mawr College.

After his single mother died when Thurmond was 6 years old, he and his 3 brothers were raised by a cousin who taught them that education could be the great equalizer.

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Raised by Fischer's cousin on compost from local restaurants, the lamb was marinated in Mermaid Farm yogurt, garlic, and onions, before being slow - roasted for hours.

It was the norm to have lots of children AND families tended to stay in the communities where they were raised so girls learned young how to care for a baby by caring for younger siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins, etc..

Some were built through foster - to - adoption, some were non-parent guardians (some of own cousins were raised by our grandparents), step - families, international adoptions, single parents, the list goes on.

Where I have worked, in equatorial Africa, by the age of eight or nine, children, almost all of whom have been sibling or cousin caretakers at times when mothers have not taken babies in a back sling to work in a field or do another task, know everything there is to know about raising a baby in their culture except what one learns through the direct experience of breastfeeding.

Mr. Ken Ofori - Atta, another cousin of Nana Addo, is being assisted by Kwabena Abankwa Yeboah; the NPP National Treasurer, to raise cash for the campaign.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in an interview on Capital Tonight on Monday suggested some changes may be supported in order to accommodate concerns raised by local governments as well as the expected infusion of infrastructure projects due to be proposed next year.

But beauty won't save the pinyon jay nor will blandness work against its cousin when climate change raises temperatures and alters bird habitats in the southwestern United States, according to research sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey.

He has raised more than $ 1 million towards the $ 1.8 million that he needs to return to the Mediterranean next year, this time with two of Gudgeon's more powerful cousins, REMUS 6000s owned by the Waitt Institute in La Jolla, California.

Since I've only been to two weddings in my entire life, I was excited to raise that number to three this past weekend by attending my boyfriend's cousin's wedding in Brooklyn.

Raised by her adopted family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex, and learned to hide the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin.

There, he and his brother Rocky (Te Aho Aho Ekotone - Whitu) are both being raised in humble circumstances by their beleaguered grandma, Nan (Mavis Paenga), along with a bunch of other deserted cousins.

Ben is actively raising his kids, while the cousins are being passively raised by an ugly culture that their parents are helpless to combat.

But when King T'Challa's rule was nearly ended by his secret, long - lost, American - raised cousin, the Black Panther made the controversial decision to end his people's isolation (Black Panther, 2018).

He, his siblings and his cousin are raised by their grandparents while their parents serve time for their rebellion.

Raised in Bessemer, Alabama, Lockett was heavily influenced by other self - taught African American artists in his close - knit community, including his cousin Thornton Dial, Sr. (American, 1928 — 2016), who mentored and encouraged him.