- Born
- Birth nameMargaret Mary Brennan
- Height1.70 m
- Margaret Brennan was born on March 26, 1980 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. She is an executive. She has been married to Yado Yakub since April 11, 2015. They have two children.
- SpouseYado Yakub(April 11, 2015 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenEamon Brennan YakubMalek Murphy Yakub
- Maxim.com named her one of the hottest news anchors in 2008. Irish American magazine named her as one of the top 100 influential Irish Americans.
- Lives in Manhattan.
- Her father came from Sligo and her mother's clan hailed from Belfast. She took up Irish dancing at age five and danced competitively until injuries ended her dance career at 18.
- Graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia. Received a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and was named an Emmerich-Wright scholar for an outstanding thesis. She also received a B.A. in Middle East Studies with a minor in Arabic language. As a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar, she studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
- I take the role of moderator seriously. I'm not there to pound my chest and to make a point of my voice in this story.
- My mom jokes she let me watch too much news when I was little
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