Former strangers Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench of Phoenix, Arizona, spent Thanksgiving 2023 together and invited a new stranger to join their eighth holiday celebration.

Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton in 2016, inviting him to Thanksgiving thinking he was a family member. They're not related, but he's been with her for the holiday ever since.

Wanda Dench is receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer, she said in a statement posted by Jamal Hinton, the young “stranger” she texted eight years ago when he was in high school.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who became unlikely friends after a mistaken text message in 2016, are continuing their tradition of meeting for Thanksgiving in 2024. ABC News. Video.

Wanda Dench, the grandma who once accidentally invited a stranger to Thanksgiving instead of her grandson back in 2016, has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Arizona residents Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench will continue their beloved Thanksgiving tradition for the ninth year. Their texting mishap in 2016 went viral, leading to an unlikely friendship.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton spent their first Thanksgiving together in 2016, after the grandmother initially meant to text her grandson . Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Wanda Dench, 67, and Jamal Hinton, 25, from Arizona, became unlikely friends after she texted the then-teenager in 2016 thinking he was her grandson, a mistake that changed both of their lives ...

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who met through a text message mix-up in 2016, are inviting Airbnb guests to join their Thanksgiving tradition.

Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench first met in 2016 after she accidentally invited him over for dinner in a text message meant for her 24-year-old grandson. By. Joelle Goldstein. Joelle Goldstein.

In 2016, Wanda Dench accidentally invited Jamal Hinton over for Thanksgiving dinner. When he accepted, it sparked a friendship that's becoming a film.

Wanda Dench hadn't realized that one of her grandsons had changed his number, and Hinton, instead, received her texts. When it became clear that Dench was not his grandmother, he asked if he could ...