Angela Suleman

- Angela Suleman is the grandmother of octuplets born in California
- The eight babies were born on January 26, 2009, at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower, California
- 33-year-old Nadya Suleman was the octuplet's motherThe Sun: Questions Over Octuplets (January 30 2009)
- Daughter had six children before giving birth to the octuplets
- The Octuplets' mother had embryos implanted in 2008 and was given the option of selective reductionLos Angeles Times: Octuplets' mother already has twins, four other children
- Suleman says her daughter refused that optionLos Angeles Times: Octuplets' mother already has twins, four other children
- Nadya and her children live with Angela Suleman in Whittier, CaliforniaLos Angeles Times: Octuplets' mother already has twins, four other children

Angela Suleman is the grandmother of the California octuplets born on January 26, 2009, in Bellflower, California. Prior to the octuplets' birth, Suleman's daughter Nadya and Nadya's six children lived with her in her Whittier, California, home. Plans for the octuplets to move into the home may be threatened by the family's financial problems. The home is currently in default, with no mortgage payments having been made since May of 2008.New York Daily News: Octuplets may lose home... (February 18, 2009)
Money Trouble

According to CBS News, "the family...filed for bankruptcy and abandoned a home a little over a year-and-a-half ago."CBS News: Octuplets' Family Filed For Bankruptcy (January 30, 2009) In February, it was revealed that the home in which Angela, Suleman and the children will all occupy is in default, and that over $23,000 in back mortgage payments are owed on the property.New York Daily News: Octuplets may lose home... (February 18, 2009)
Suleman Explains

Angela Suleman was quoted in The Los Angeles Times as saying that her daughter had embryos implanted last year, and doctors later gave her the option of selective reduction, which she refused. Suleman said: "What do you suggest she should have done? She refused to have them killed." According to Suleman, the octuplets' grandfather plans to return to Iraq "to help support the expanded family." Neighbors said the grandfather worked as a contractor there.Los Angeles Times: Octuplets' mother already has twins, four other children