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Deidre Lynn Hammond was born October 28, 1978 and given the name Deidre Lynn Ames.

Early life

Hammond was born Deidre Lynn Ames on October 28, 1978, in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in the suburb city of Vadnais Heights. She is the second child and first daughter born to Charlotte Ames. She is the third child and first daughter born to Andrew Ames. Hammond has one older brother, one younger sister and a half-brother from her father's first marriage.

She is of German, Swedish, English, and Norwegian descent. While growing up, Hammond played softball and began playing volleyball in the sixth grade.

Personal life

On June 7, 2003, Hammond married Shawn Peter Hammond of White Bear Lake, later divorcing from irreconcilable difference in January 2013.

She has 3 daughters: Fenja F Abrams born March 30, 1995 (from then high school boyfriend), Cecilia L Hammond born April 7, 1998 and Rosemary M Hammond May 8, 2004 with husband Shawn Hammond.

Hammond was raised as a Lutheran.