In 2016, Jamal Hinton got a text from an unknown number: "Thanksgiving dinner is at my house on Nov. 24 at 3:00." Confused, he asked who the texter was. "Your grandma," the mystery messenger replied.

A text message mix-up led to a new Thanksgiving tradition for Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton. The pair met in 2016 after Dench tried to write her grandson about their holiday plans without realizing ...

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, former strangers who met eight years ago in a mistaken text message exchange, are reuniting for their ninth Thanksgiving celebration this week. Hinton shared an ...

The unlikely bond between the duo began in 2016 when Dench sent a text message to a phone number that was previously used by her grandson. “Thanksgiving dinner is at my house,” Dench said in ...

Eight years ago a mistaken text message between Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton led to unlikely friendship, and eight years later the pair are reuniting for their ninth straight Thanksgiving together.

Cancer has struck the unlikely friendship between Phoenix-area residents Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who became a Thanksgiving staple nationwide after an accidental text from the grandmother to ...

“The text said, 'Thanksgiving at my house' and it was from a grandma, but I was like, 'When did my grandma learn to text!?' So I asked her for a picture and it definitely was not my grandma ...

The Arizona residents have shared Thanksgiving together every year since a Nov. 2016 text meant for Dench’s grandson was instead received by a then 17-year-old Hinton. Their friendship has ...

Cancer has struck the unlikely friendship between Phoenix valley residents Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton became a Thanksgiving staple after an accidental text from the grandmother to the then ...