Sentences with phrase «raised by an aunt»

Born in Brooklyn, New York, to a single mother, Ellison was raised by his aunt and uncle in Chicago.

Raised by an aunt in Princeton, Indiana, he adopted the name of Jones so she wouldn't know he was playing ball.

Alton Sterling, 37, was raised by his aunt, Sandra Sterling, who called the large, jovial man a «generous giant.»

Abandoned by his parents as a boy, Peter Parker is raised by his Aunt and Uncle.

Peter's parents are dead, he's being raised by his aunt and uncle (Sally Field and Martin Sheen), and he has a crush on a schoolmate — not the girl next door this time, but Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), the daughter of the police chief (Denis Leary).

Abandoned by his parents and raised by an aunt and uncle, teenager Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), AKA Spider - Man, is trying to [Read More] sort out who he is and exactly what his feelings are for his first crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone).

It starts in darkest Peru, where a young bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) has been raised by his aunt and uncle (Imelda Staunton and Michael Gambon), who learned about London from a British explorer.

We learn how (but not exactly why) he lost his parents (Campbell Scott and Embeth Davidtz) and see how he came to be raised by Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen).

«Ms. Plante was talking about Nelson Mandela and how he forgave his jailers,» remembers Wilborn, who is being raised by her aunt on Chicago's South Side.

«Ms. Plante was talking about Nelson Mandela and how he forgave his jailers,» remembers the eighth grader, who is being raised by her aunt on Chicago's South Side.

Up to the age of 1 1/2 I was lovingly raised by my aunts, uncles & grandparents.

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Bonnie also pointed to a 1975 case in which a rural Virginia woman killed her own aunt - the person who had raised and loved her - because she believed her aunt had been possessed by the devil.

This kid gets raised, parented, by almost every adult around her - her fabulous pre-k teacher, her aunts and uncles who discipline her as well as entertain her, her grandparents, me, her favorite sitters, her best friends» parents.

First of all, I was influenced by the way I was raised and by the aunts and uncles who surrounded me.

In this film, Irene Dunne plays a prim small town schoolteacher, raised in an oppressive environment by two maiden aunts.

It follows Hiro (Ryan Potter), a 14 - year - old robotics genius being raised by his scatty Aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph), who's hell - bent on self - destruction after the loss of his parents.

Synopsis: The Amazing Spider - Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field).

Briefly, the plot (for the small percentage who don't know) involves Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), the orphan son of deceased wizards, who is raised by his horrible aunt and uncle before being whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on his 11th birthday.

Since then, this Chicago - born daughter of first - generation Thai immigrants has done just that, particularly in Ranong, the small village in Thailand where she was raised for many years, in part by her aunt, a teacher.

Her best friend, Cora, contacts October's family: her older sister, Vergie, and her aunts Frances and Maude, who raised the sisters after their mother was killed by their father.

Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly - strict «aunt,» she's not even sure who she is.

The quiet girl from Brooklyn refused to go back to the projects — being raised by her selfish aunt her whole life was the push she needed to run far away and never return.According to Ms. Hudson, actions have always spoken louder than words, so when a blast from the past resurfaces and refuses to take «no» for an answer, Nia decides to give him one hour of her time.Surprisingly, one hour turns into a week, a week transpires into months and before she knows it, the two have become a couple.Together, East and Nia don't paint the perfect - picture — they have nothing in common, and in fact, he's the complete opposite of everything she stands for.Dangerous, thr...

Balshaw also commented on the instantly successful new section for 2017, Sex Work, curated by independent curator and scholar Alison M. Gingeras which featured nine solo presentations of women artists working at the extreme edges of feminist practice: «As a woman born in 1970 raised by a tribe of feminist aunts, I find it tremendously exhilarating to see the women artists in Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics included in the context of an art fair.»

[1] His mother died nine days after his birth, and he was raised by two aunts in Weehawken, New Jersey.

A loss of a job, drug addiction, or death of a parent has led to children being raised by grandparents or aunts and uncles.

«Evidence shows that many children raised by a grandparent, aunt, uncle or sibling end up in a loving, caring and stable home, providing the best outcome for that child, local authorities, the government and society.»