Former first daughter Barbara Bush gives birth to baby girl

Former first daughter Barbara Bush has given birth to her first child, a baby girl

Tuesday 28 September 2021 20:15 BST

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Former first daughter Barbara Bush has given birth to her first child, a baby girl.

Cora Georgia Coyne was born Monday in Maine not far from the family’s Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport, former President George W. Bush said in a statement Tuesday.

He said he and former first lady Laura Bush were “delighted."

“Cora is healthy and adorable, and we are proud and grateful,” he said.

Bush, 39, married screenwriter Craig Coyne at the Maine compound in October 2018. She is the co-founder of public health nonprofit Global Health Corps.

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Former first daughter Barbara Bush gives birth to baby girl

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