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When Wanda sent that first text in 2016, thinking it was to her grandson, Hinton responded by asking her to send a photo of herself so he could confirm it was his own grandmother.

When the photo of Dench came through, Hinton wrote back, \"[You're] not my grandma\" with a laughing emoji.

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Courtesy Jamal Hinton
PHOTO: A Thanksgiving tradition began in 2016 when an Arizona woman named Wanda Dench, now 62, texted Jamal Hinton, now 20, inviting him to dinner thinking it was her grandson.
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He then sent a selfie of his own and asked if he could still come over for Thanksgiving.

\"Of course you can,\" Dench replied. \"That's what grandmas do ... feed everyone.\"

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