Hillary Clinton has told a series of whoppers about her family history in order to appear more sympathetic to immigrants'-rights activists , according to documents that surfaced online Wednesday . Buzzfeed found U.S. Census records and Selective Service documents – draft cards – that establish that three of the former secretary of state 's grandparents were born in America . That clashes with what Clinton herself has claimed publicly , including Wednesday afternoon in Norwalk , Iowa . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Clinton claimed on Wednesday that all of her grandparents 'came over ' from other countries , but in fact only one was born outside the US . Hillary was participating in a staged 'roundtable ' discussion about small business issues in Norwalk , Iowa . 'All my grandparents , you know , came over here , ' she said during a small business roundtable event , 'and you know my grandfather went to work in lace mill in Scranton , Pennsylvania , and worked there until he retired at 65 . He started there when he was a teenager and just kept going . ' Clinton made the statment to underscore her support for changing the status of milions of illegal immigrants . 'We are turning down people who really want to work , ' she said . ' I mean , they are here to work . And a lot of them now have children who are American citizens , and they are doing the best they can to try to make a good life for themselves and their families . ' The underpinnings of her personal story , however , seem false . STAGING : Most reporters were kept out of the Capital City Fruit company 'for space reasons ' although the warehouse had plenty of room to go around . Both of Clinton ’ s maternal grandparents , named Della Howell and Edwin Howell , were born in Illinois , according to Buzzfeed 's records research . And while her paternal grandfather , Hugh Rodham Sr. , immigrated to the U.S , his wife Hanna Jones Rodham was born in Pennsylvania . In a speech last year in Kentucky , Clinton claimed Hanna 'immigrated with her family as a young girl to Scranton [ Pennnsylvania ] and went to work , very young , in a silk mill . ' 'She traced her Methodism back to the Wesley brothers themselves , ' Clinton said , 'who converted her great grandparents in the small coal mining villages of Southern Wales . ' The Clinton camp quickly acknowledged the accurate Rodham family history . 'As has been correctly pointed out , ' a campaign spokesperson told Buzzfeed , 'while her grandfather was an immigrant , it appears that Hillary ’ s grandmother was born shortly after her parents and siblings arrived in the U.S. in the early 1880s . ' But the insider insisted that Mrs. Clinton had simply believed what her family members had told her . 'Her grandparents always spoke about the immigrant experience and , as a result she has always thought of them as immigrants , ' the spokesperson said .
Clinton claimed Wednesday in Iowa that 'all my grandparents came over here ' as immigrants . She said last year that one of her grandmothers immigrated to Pennsylvania and worked in a silk mill . But Buzzfeed found American Census records showing that only one Clinton grandfather , adn neither of their wives , was born outside the US . Clinton apparently shaded the truth to seem more authentic with her argument that illegal immigrants should have more legal access to jobs .