Mary Cheney Gives Birth to Daughter Sarah Lynne, Dick Cheney's Seventh Grandchild

Mary Cheney gave birth to a baby girl named Sarah Lynne Cheney on Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C.

The family released the following statement: "Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their seventh grandchild, Sarah Lynne Cheney, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz and was born at 8:17 A.M. at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her parents are the Cheneys' daughter Mary and her partner, Heather Poe."

This is the second child for Cheney and her longtime partner, who are raising her son, Samuel David Cheney, together. Cheney has never publicly disclosed the paternity of either of her children.

Cheney, who has worked for a communications firm, is planning to take maternity leave for several months, and then will start a consulting firm with her sister, Liz Cheney.

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