The teenager was conceived on prom night when her parents were eighteen, and she has never been close to her mother.
Her father was mostly gone from her life after her parents divorced before she was born.
Because of her mother’s mental health issues and volatility as a youngster, she was raised by her grandparents, which further strained their connection.
Even though they kept in touch until she was about five years old, her father’s influence in her life diminished during the following ten years.