What is Marian Robinson?
{{Infobox person | name = Marian Robinson | image = First Family 2013 Inauguration Day portrait Miarian.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Marian Lois Shields | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|7|29}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|5|31|1937|7|30}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | known_for = U.S. First Lady [[Michelle Obama]]'s mother | spouse = {{marriage|[[Family of Barack Obama#Fraser Robinson III|Fraser C. Robinson III]]|1960|1991|end=died}} | children = [[Craig Robinson (basketball)|Craig Malcolm Robinson]] (b. 1962)<br>[[Michelle Obama|Michelle LaVaughn Robinson]] (b. 1964) | parents = Purnell Nathaniel Shields<br>Rebecca Jumper | relations = [[Barack Obama]] (son-in-law)<br>[[Malia Obama|Malia]] and [[Sasha Obama]] (granddaughters) | footnotes = }} '''Marian Lois Robinson''' ([[Married and maiden names|née]] '''Shields'''; July 30, 1937 &ndash; May 31, 2024) was the mother of [[Michelle Obama]] and [[mother-in-law]] of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]]. She was the last living [[grandparent]] of [[Family of Barack Obama#Malia and Sasha Obama|Malia and Sasha Obama]]. She also has one granddaughter, Leslie Robinson, and two grandsons, Avery and Austin Robinson, from her son, [[Craig Robinson (basketball)|Craig Robinson]]. According to her youngest brother Steve Shields, Robinson was the fourth of seven children—five girls, followed by two boys. Her father was a house painter and her mother was a licensed practical nurse.<ref>{{cite news | first=Katherine | last=Skiba | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-08/news/ct-met-first-grandma-0309-20100308_1_sasha-and-malia-marian-robinson-white-house | title=First grandma keeps low profile | newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=March 8, 2010 | accessdate=July 24, 2010 | archive-date=April 14, 2010 | archive-url=ht