Grandma gives birth to grandson

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A 61-year-old woman in the United States has given birth to her own grandson.

Kristine Casey acted as a surrogate for daughter Sara Connell when she was unable to have children.

Connell and husband Bill are the biological parents of the boy, named Finnean.

She said her mother, who gave birth to her last child almost 30 years ago, had offered to act as a surrogate when Connell suffered years of heartache trying to conceive.

Connell said she had IVF treatment in 2004 but delivered stillborn twins, and later she had a miscarriage.