Margaret Zinn

Margaret Hope Zinn (April 7, 1943 – May 10, 2002) was the mother of Albert and Ava Zinn, the paternal grandmother of Samantha, Thomas, Tiffani, Sheryl, Tabitha, Kenneth "Baby Kenny", Sierra, Lyssa, Michael I "Weasel", Leeanna, Shayla, and Reneé Zinn, and the great-grandmother of Clarissa, Bradley "Bender", Cara, Elsie, Haley, Matilda "Tilly", Siobhan, Vanniza, Yancy, Alisan, Michael II, Madison "Leah", Pia, and Christina Zinn.
Margaret was also a businesswoman and despite having type I diabetes, Margaret eventually owned NoSirGifts in Van Buren, Indiana.
==After 1958==
Not much was known about Margaret after 1958 until her death in 2002. It was in 1958 where she had her first romantic relationship with an Alabama man named Alvin Hall before eventually marrying Willis Zinn in 1976. Her then-two sons (Albert and Frank (now Ava)) were respectively born in 1977 and 1983 in LaGrange, Illinois. 
Margaret and Willis had a bitter marriage and eventually divorced. She did not remarry and moved to Mill Township/Gas City, Indiana in November 1983, Landess, Indiana, (Van Buren mailing address) in November 1985, and finally Marion, Indiana in October 1996. 
==Relationships==
*Ava Zinn: Margaret's relationship with Ava appears to have been strained since Albert and Ava were very young. Margaret appears to have rarely held her tongue when speaking down to Ava toward anything Margaret thought Ava (then known as Frank) was 'failing' at and would usually refer to Ava as a quitter if she ever failed to meet Margaret's expectations. Even with Ava as an adult, Margaret often tormented Ava by annoying the family, and generally doing whatever she wishes without concern towards the situation of others. Despite this, Margaret was well aware that Ava is the person she can turn to for help when she needs it most and never hesitated to called Ava "My Baby Boy". While she was usually harsher toward Ava compared to Albert, Margaret has proved that she did care about her and helped Ava when she needed it, mostly in secret. 
*Albert Zinn: Margaret's relationship with Albert for the most part was also strained since Albert and Ava were very young. Margaret appears to have moderately held her tongue when speaking down to Albert toward anything Margaret thought Albert was 'failing' at and, unlike Ava, would usually encourage Albert to try harder if he ever failed to meet Margaret's expectations. Even with Albert as an adult, Margaret often tormented Albert by annoying the family, and generally doing whatever she wishes without concern towards the situation of others. Despite this, Margaret was well aware that Albert is another person she can turn to for help when she needs it most and never hesitated to called Albert "My Oldest Boy". While she was usually harsher toward Ava compared to Albert, Margaret has proved that she did care about her and helped Ava when she needed it, mostly in secret. 
*Samantha, Thomas, Tiffani, Sheryl, Weasel, Leeanna, Shayla, and Renee Zinn: Interestingly enough, Margaret appeared to have a good relationship with her grandchildren Samantha, Thomas, Tiffani, Sheryl, Weasel, Shayla, Leeanna, and Renee, likely due to their outgoing nature as opposed to Ava's uptight reserved attitude and Albert's reserved attiude. It could be assumed that Margaret was attempting to make up for her own strained relationship with Albert and Ava through her close relationship with her grandchildren, although she legitimately thought the world of Samantha, Tiffani, and Weasel. She once conceded that Ava was a better parent than herself over Albert and stated to Ava "You made Sammi, Thom, Tim, and Sheryl. I only made you and Albert." Margaret often showed that she was proud of her grandchildren and supported them. Margaret often tried to pass on her bad views to Samantha, although Ava was always able to reverse the damage. Margaret demonstrated her affection for her grandchildren in numerous instances. 
*Amanda Davidson (1993-97), Elisa Everman (1997-2000), and Angie Nieves (2001-2010): For reasons that are not completely clear, Margaret's relationship with Ava's significant others (Amanda, Elisa, and Angie) is openly hostile as she appears to have a great disliking of Amanda, Elisa, and Angie. Margaret usually addressed them as "Franky's Girlfriend" and appears to take great joy in annoying them in anything they took pride in. As far back as 1994, Margaret seems to be aware that Amanda does not like Margaret and uses this to further aggravate her after catching her and Ava in Ava's bed in female underclothes. However, she did occasionally help Amanda, Elisa, and/or Angie when she appeared at her lowest, such as when Ava was dis-enrolled from Indiana Wesleyan University and did not sit foot at another college until two years after Ava relocated from Marion to Fort Wayne.
*Lindsay Sosbe: As was the case with Ava's significant others, Margaret's relationship with Ava's significant others (Amanda, Elisa, and Angie) is openly hostile as she appears to have a great disliking of Amanda, Elisa, and Angie. Margaret usually addressed Lindsay as "Albert's Girlfriend" and appears to take great joy in annoying her in anything she took pride in. As far back as 1988, Margaret seems to be aware that Lindsay does not like Margaret and uses this to further aggravate her. 
Margaret may or may not had a high egg count. Margaret gave birth to two boys (later one boy and a transgender girl, Albert and Ava), from her marriage to Willis. It's also odd that while Margaret had a great talent in mothering children, Albert had trouble conceiving and had only four children (with a pair of fraternal twins and all still living) with one woman (Lindsay Sosbe) while Ava had conceived ten children with Amanda (two children), Elisa (two fraternal twin children), Angie, Kymberly, and Breeanna (four children, two sets of twins). Margaret herself had a pair of twin sisters Marilyn and Carolyn.
==Personality==
Margaret was consistently a chauvinistic, violent, abusive and intolerant character. Margaret talked down to men, berated Ava and Albert, was prone to violent outbursts, and, on more than one occasion, exhibited homicidal tendencies. Margaret's abrasive and misandrist manner was consistently embarrassing for Ava and usually infuriated Ava's significant others and Lindsay Sosbe. Throughout Margaret's history in the series, Margaret never once addressed any partners of Ava and Albert by name, but instead called her "Frank's Wife/Girlfriend" (to Amanda, Elisa, or Angie) or "Albert's Girlfriend" (to Lindsay Sosbe), which was used as a running gag, including on the very rare occasion that she's tried to be nice to them. Margaret even passed on some of her sexist and bad traits to Samantha and Weasel, and, at one point, taught Weasel that women should be made to cook and clean for their husbands all day long. Willis endured her verbal and psychological abuse, and was called a "Damn Democrat" by Ava as unlike Ava becoming a Republican in 1995, Margaret and Albert remain a Democrat. Though presented as conservative, she did at times show support for her former Commander-in-Chief Richard Nixon.
On rare occasions, Margaret showed a vulnerable side that she normally kept hidden: Margaret realized that she was a terrible mother, hated herself for growing old and becoming disabled, and readily admitted that she would die in order to protect grandchildren, Margaret also expressed regret of drifting apart from Alvin Hall, and told her grandchildren to not make the same mistake. 
Margaret also demonstrated a rough, demanding and often abusive, but at times inspirational leadership. Margaret admitted to Albert and Ava that she always wanted to win in battle, but accepted defeat when her men and women did their best. 
It was never revealed throughout the series how Margaret became such a nasty and rude character, or if she ever was a different person. Almost nothing was known about Margaret's father, except that he may have been German, as Ava told her daughters (Margaret's granddaughters) Tabitha, Sierra, and Lyssa, it was possible that Margaret's father may have also been a war hero who may have served in the First World War and was the one who inspired Margaret to become one herself or marry one.
==Posthumous==
On January 4, 2023, Ava Zinn posted a video of Margaret in a fourth season episode of Caprice & Ella; the face in the video of an age-progressed Margaret was created with deepfake technology that was similar to the Robert Kardashian video to his daughter Kim. The Kardashian hologram was created by the company Kaleida, which used a combination of performance, motion tracking, SFX, VFX and DeepFake technologies in their hologram creation. 
==References==
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