--- description: A 54-year-old woman gave birth to her own granddaughter after agreeing to be the surrogate for her daughter's child. title: This Surrogate Mother Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Surrogate Mother Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 8, 2016 9:39 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 8, 2016 9:39 PM CUT A 54-year-old woman gave birth to her own granddaughter after agreeing to be the [surrogate](http://time.com/3774413/surrogate-mother/ "undefined") for her daughter’s child, [Associated Press reports](http://abc7.com/society/grandmother-acts-as-surrogate-gives-birth-to-granddaughter/1150572/ "undefined"). Tracey Thompson delivered the healthy 6-pound 11-ounce girl just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday at The Medical Center of Plano in Texas. She had offered to carry the baby after her daughter, 28-year-old Kelley McKissack, had suffered three miscarriages while undergoing multiple infertility treatments with husband Aaron McKissack. **Read More:** [Surrogate Mother Carrying Triplets Asked to Abort One Fetus or Face Monetary Damages](http://time.com/4168950/surrogacy-mother-law-abortion-california/ "undefined") The couple’s final round of [in-vitro fertilization](http://time.com/3849964/the-incredible-surprising-controversial-new-way-to-make-a-baby/ "undefined") had left them with four embryos, which were implanted in Thompson’s womb in April. She successfully became pregnant despite being seven years past menopause. “This is such a blessing that I can do this for my daughter.” Thompson told CNN affiliate [KTVT](http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/01/07/texas-woman-carries-daughters-baby-gives-birth-to-grandchild/ "undefined"). They named the child Kelcey, which is a combination of the mother and grandmother’s names, Kelley and Tracey. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4173669/surrogate-mother-births-own-granddaughter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4173669/surrogate-mother-births-own-granddaughter/"},"headline":"This Surrogate Mother Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter","datePublished":"2016-01-08T21:39:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:30.528Z","description":"They named the child Kelcey, a combination of the mother and grandmother's names","url":"https://time.com/4173669/surrogate-mother-births-own-granddaughter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Babies","Infertility","health","Mother","Weird News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4173669/surrogate-mother-births-own-granddaughter/","name":"This Surrogate Mother Gave Birth to Her Own Granddaughter"}}]}] ```