Arizona grandma and one-time stranger celebrate eighth Thanksgiving together

Jamal Hinton, center, and Wanda Dench, right, at Thanksgiving dinner 24 November 2016, in Mesa, Arizona. Photograph: Tom Tingle/AP

An Arizona grandmother and the stranger to whom she accidentally texted a Thanksgiving invitation in 2016 celebrated their eighth holiday dinner together this week – and welcomed a new guest to the tradition.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, whose unexpected Thanksgiving went viral nearly a decade ago, expanded their annual get-together this year by inviting another stranger into her home.