McAuliffe was born Sharon Christa Corrigan on September 2, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the eldest of the five children of accountant Edward Christopher Corrigan (1922–1990) of Irish descent [4] and Grace Mary Corrigan (née George), a substitute teacher,[5][6][7] whose father was of Lebanese Maronite descent.[8] McAuliffe was a great niece of Lebanese-American historian Philip Khuri Hitti.[9] She was known by the name Christa from an early age, although in later years she signed her name S. Christa Corrigan, and eventually S. Christa McAuliffe
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