Early Sunday, at an Atlanta hospital a girl was born. Not just any girl, as she is the first grandchild of an important personality of the 20^th century.

Yolanda Reneé King is the daughter of Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III. Yolanda is the first grandchild of Martin Luther King, the Baptist minister who was the leader of the American civil rights movement.

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the girl was born at about 6:47 a.m. at Atlanta Northside Hospital. Family spokesman, Sandra Tarver, said that the girl’s weight was 7 pounds and 5 ounces and that both mother and daughter were in a good condition.

The parents named the baby girl after her father’s older sister, Yolanda Denise King, who died in May 2007.

Martin Luther King III was very excited about her daughter, saying that she was a “precious gift from God,” and that it was “the happiest day of our lives,” reported to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters married two years ago in Santa Barbara, California, shortly after his mother died in January 2006. Their marriage was not made public until last winter. They also announced that they were expecting a child.