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Sarah Palin is a grandmother for second time

Sarah Palin speaks at Time's 100 most influential people in the world gala on May 4, 2010, in New York. Jemal Countess

(CBS/AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Just call Sarah Palin a grandmother - again.

The former Alaska governor's second grandchild, Kyla Grace Palin, was born Saturday to Palin's eldest son, 22-year-old Track Palin, and his new wife, 21-year-old Britta Hanson.

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Hanson's mother, Elizabeth Hanson, says the baby girl is "exquisite." Palin has not spoken about the birth and the first news of a grandchild came not from the family but from author Joe McGinniss, who moved in next door to the Palin family for a few months last summer.

Track Palin and Britta Hanson were high school sweethearts. They married three months ago at Hatcher Pass, a scenic mountain pass not far from Sarah Palin's Wasilla home.

Britta Hanson's father is the Rev. Duane Hanson.

Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, have four other children. They also have one other grandchild, Tripp, who was born to then-18-year-old Bristol Palin, an unwed mother who launched an abstinence campaign soon after giving birth in December 2008.

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, is mulling a possible run for the presidency in 2012.

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