Margaret is a near clone to her mother, and the two almost look more like sisters because of their smaller age gap. At 72 years old, Marge Sr. is just 20 years older than her daughter, but Margaret says that she was really the one in charge of herself growing up.
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"I always say I was raised by wolves," Margaret said on Season 8. "We basically raised each other, because we're only 20 years apart. She married my father when she was young, and she left him by the time I was two."
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Margaret is an only child, and she said on the show that she often stayed with her grandparents while her mom went out partying. She did say that her mother raised her "with a lot of love," and the two are close today.
Margaret's parents were both immigrants to the U.S. from Hungary, and they made the overseas move to escape the communist regime there at the time. Margaret even exclusively spoke Hungarian up until the age of 5.
In the decades since her divorce, Marge Sr. has never held back from dating; she even used to bring Margaret with her on dates.
Marge Sr. detailed her active dating life when she went on a double date with Margaret and son-in-law Joe Benginio during Season 8. Though Margaret later said that Marge Sr. and her date, Steve, went out a few more times after, it looks like Marge Sr. is still playing the field when it comes to dating.
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