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| Baby for Palin's teenage daughter | Baby for Palin's teenage daughter |
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| Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska governor and former White House hopeful Sarah Palin, has given birth to a son, reports say. | |
| Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born on Sunday, weighing in at 7 lb 4 oz (3.3 kg), People magazine reported. | Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born on Sunday, weighing in at 7 lb 4 oz (3.3 kg), People magazine reported. |
| Mrs Palin's office declined to comment on what it called a family matter. | Mrs Palin's office declined to comment on what it called a family matter. |
| The father is apprentice electrician Levi Johnston, who has been dating Miss Palin for three years and is reportedly keen to take their child hunting. | |
| Both mother and child were reported to be doing well, People quoted family sources as saying. | Both mother and child were reported to be doing well, People quoted family sources as saying. |
| The Alaska governor, a mother-of-five, disclosed the pregnancy three days after she was nominated as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in September. | The Alaska governor, a mother-of-five, disclosed the pregnancy three days after she was nominated as the Republican vice-presidential candidate in September. |
| Mrs Palin, a social conservative who is opposed to abortion, said in a statement at the time her daughter would keep the child and was to get married. | Mrs Palin, a social conservative who is opposed to abortion, said in a statement at the time her daughter would keep the child and was to get married. |
| Mrs Palin and her husband Todd said: "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realise very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family." | Mrs Palin and her husband Todd said: "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realise very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family." |
| The couple are reportedly planning to marry in 2009. | The couple are reportedly planning to marry in 2009. |