The father of Bristol Palin’s baby is no longer a secret. It has been confirmed that the father is 18-year old Wasilla hockey player Levi Johnston, a self described redneck on his MySpace page.

The all-American teen twosome will make GOP vice presidential pick and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a grandma at age 44 – just in time for Christmas.

Doe-eyed Bristol Palin, 17, and ruggedly handsome Levi Johnston, an 18-year-old self-described “f—in’ redneck,” have been dating a year, locals in Wasilla, Alaska, told the Daily News.

And the pregnancy? An open secret in the close-knit town of 9,780.

This will be a year Sarah Palin will never forget. She gave birth to her fifth child. She is on a national Presidential ticket. And later this year she will become a grandmother at the age of 44.

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