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Jenny McCarthy was born in Chicago, Illinois. Jenny McCarthy's middle-class Irish-Catholic family lived in the West Elsdon neighborhood of Chicago. Jenny McCarthy is the second of four daughters; her sisters are named Lynette, Joanne and Amy. Jenny McCarthy's cousin is Melissa McCarthy of Gilmore Girls fame. Jenny McCarthy's mother, Linda, was a housewife and courtroom custodian, and her father, Dan McCarthy, was a steel mill foreman. She attended St. Turibius Grade School on Chicago's South Side. As a teenager, McCarthy attended Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School. After Jenny McCarthy graduated from high school, Jenny McCarthy attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale to study nursing. Jenny McCarthy is also now married to Jim Carrey.