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Notable Achievements at Age 3
Started gymnastics at ENA Gymnastics (Paramus, NJ)
Began formal gymnastics training at ENA Gymnastics in Paramus, New Jersey.
Father dies of typhoid fever
Henry Durrell 'Had' Ball dies at age 27 in Wyandotte, Michigan; family returns to New York.
Given nickname 'Ant-Man' by his father
Edwards received the nickname 'Ant-Man' (or 'Ant') from his father at age three.
Began painting and sketching
Started painting and sketching at approximately three years old, an early start to her artistic practice.
Placed into foster care; grandparents begin caring for the children
After instability with her birth mother, Simone and siblings went in/out of foster care; maternal grandfather Ron Biles and his wife Nellie began caring for Simone and sister Adria in Spring, Texas.
Mother died — Justin Joseph Jackson (football)
When Justin J. Jackson was three years old his mother, Denise Jackson, died from breast cancer; father later remarried (stepmother Veronica).
Introduced to tennis by uncle Toni Nadal
Toni Nadal (his uncle) introduced Rafael to tennis and started coaching him; he began hitting his first shots at the Manacor Tennis Club.
Parents divorce; moves to Chicago with mother
After parents' divorce he moved with his mother to Chicago, where he was raised.
Family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Wiig moved with her family to Lancaster at age three.
Family emigrated to United States
Gouw's family fled political violence against ethnic Chinese under Suharto and immigrated to the U.S.; they settled near Buffalo, New York.
Family moves to Los Angeles
Returned to Los Angeles with his mother; mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after and family moved to Torrance, California.
Mother remarried Lolo Soetoro
Stanley Ann Dunham married Indonesian student Lolo Soetoro; this marriage led to Obama's childhood years in Indonesia.
Parents divorced
Barack Obama's parents divorced when he was about two to three years old; he was largely raised by his mother and maternal grandparents.
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