Carol, Jody’s mother, has had three husbands during her life. Don Saroyan, Burnett’s first spouse, was her undergraduate boyfriend, whom she married in 1955. They divorced in 1962, however.
Burnett married Jody’s father, Joe Hamilton, a year later in 1963. It lasted until 1984, when Burnett had three daughters, including Jody. Her sisters Erin and Carrie were the other two.
Carol married her current spouse Brian Miller in November 2001 after divorcing Jody’s father, Joe Hamilton.