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Shay, 30, also became both a widow and a single parent last year, as her husband Tanner Martin died of colon cancer at age 30.
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Originally from Trinidad, Tirbany lives in Fort Lauderdale and is a single parent with a 12-year-old daughter.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Lynn raised her three boys largely as a single parent on her salary as an operator at South Central Bell.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Her father worked as a seasonal migrant worker at the Hunt's Tomato Factory, and her mother later raised all nine children as a single parent and sent them all to college.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Originally from Trinidad, Tirbany lives in Fort Lauderdale and is a single parent with a 12-year-old daughter.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Lynn raised her three boys largely as a single parent on her salary as an operator at South Central Bell.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Her father worked as a seasonal migrant worker at the Hunt's Tomato Factory, and her mother later raised all nine children as a single parent and sent them all to college.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Single parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20parent. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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