Cindy McCain's half sister emerges to put down 'only child' claim

Now a half-sister has emerged from the shadows to challenge that family history, claiming she and her offspring have been carefully airbrushed out of the would-be First Lady's family picture. "I'm upset," Kathleen Hensley Portalski said. "I'm angry. It makes me feel like a non-person."

Documents show that she was born to Jim and Mary Jeanne Hensley on 23 February 1943. The still-married Mr Hensley was sent to West Virginia to recuperate from war ... Full Story »

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James Canning
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by James Canning - Oct. 1, 2008

While not of immense importance, one does ask why Cindy McCain would say she is an only child when she has a sister by the half blood living in the same town. Of course, Cindy has houses all over the place so maybe the two of them do not run into each very often.

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