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 met after an accidental text message. An unlikely friendship between the two has blossomed with Hinton supporting Dench throughout her breast cancer diagnosis. The two ...

One holiday friendship has captured hearts across America: the unique bond between “Thanksgiving Grandma” Wanda Dench and her stranger-turned-friend Jamal Hinton. But this year, it is Dench ...

Wanda Dench, who became known as “Thanksgiving Grandma” after mistakenly inviting Jamal Hinton over for the holidays, shared she is ready to find love again after watching The Golden Bachelor.

However, during their nine-year streak, Dench has faced some emotional hurdles. In 2020, her husband Lonnie Dench died of COVID-19 complications during the early stages of the pandemic.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, former strangers who met eight years ago in a mistaken text message exchange, are reuniting for their ninth Thanksgiving celebration this week. Hinton shared an Instagram ...

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, former strangers who met eight years ago in a mistaken text message exchange, are reuniting for their ninth Thanksgiving celebration this week. Hinton shared an ...

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, Jamal still plan Thanksgiving dinner "Cancer does not run in my family and all the mammograms I had in the past were always negative. In 2022 I turned 65 years old and I thought I would have my ...

Cancer has struck the unlikely friendship between Phoenix-area residents Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who became a Thanksgiving staple nationwide after an accidental text from the grandmother to ...

Cancer has struck the unlikely friendship between Phoenix-area residents Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who became a Thanksgiving staple nationwide after an accidental text from the grandmother to ...