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Darline Graham Nordone is the younger sister of the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and was widely considered his closest family member ³⁶. She is Lindsey Graham's only sibling, nine years his junior ⁴.

Early Life and Family Tragedy

Darline Graham Nordone was born in South Carolina to Florence James Graham and Millie Graham ⁸. Her parents owned a restaurant, bar, pool hall, and liquor store called "Sanitary Cafe" ⁸.

A significant turning point in her life, and that of her brother Lindsey, was the untimely death of their parents within a 15-month period ²⁴. Their mother, Millie Graham, passed away on June 9, 1976, from Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Their father died of a heart attack shortly after ⁸. At the time of their father's death, Lindsey Graham was 22 years old, and Darline was just 13 ¹.

Lindsey Graham's Guardianship and Their Bond

Following their parents' deaths, Lindsey Graham took on the responsibility of raising his younger sister ²⁵. He became her legal guardian and helped raise her, essentially adopting her as a teenager ⁴⁵. This experience forged a deep and lasting bond between the siblings ⁷. Darline Graham Nordone has often expressed the terror she felt at the prospect of being an orphan on the day their father died ¹. Throughout their lives, she remained the closest member of Lindsey Graham's family ³⁴.