Now Kanye West takes Kim Kardashian to visit his mother's grave... then introduces her to his family

PUBLISHED: 16:11 EST, 26 November 2012 | UPDATED: 02:42 EST, 27 November 2012

Kim Kardashian's family have welcomed Kanye West like a long lost brother.

And in a poignant sign of how strong he considers their relationship, the rapper has taken Kim to visit his late mother's grave.

The Mercy rapper - who has been dating the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star for eight months - was spotted visiting his mother Donda West's graveside in Oklahoma with his 32-year-old girlfriend on Friday.

Memories: Rapper Kanye West with his mother Donda back in 2007; she passed away five years ago

A source close to the Kardashians confirmed to MailOnline that the trip took place, adding that after the vigil the couple visited other family members in the area.

A source told gossip website RadarOnline.com: 'Kanye brought Kim to Oklahoma City the day after Thanksgiving to pay respects to his mother and to meet his mother's side of the family.

'This was her first time meeting them.'

Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim Kardashian shops for furniture at City Furniture in Miami, FL on November 26th, 2012

Part of the family: Kanye took Kim, seen shopping for furniture in Miami on Monday, to visit his mother's grave

The 35-year-old rapper's mother died on November 10, 2007 of complications from cosmetic surgery at the age of 58.

Another insider suggested the trip is proof the couple are heading towards marriage, saying: 'This was a really monumental moment for Kanye because he adored his mother.

'He wouldn't have brought Kim there unless he was completely in love with her.'

Welcoming: Kanye, seen here with Kim on Wednesday night, has been made welcome by her family

Kanye is rumoured to have given Kim a promise ring and wants to marry her as soon as her divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries is official.

The couple celebrated Thanksgiving with Kim's family on Thursday before flying to Oklahoma together.

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the trip is proof the couple are heading towards marriage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sure would be nice, not to mention legal, if she actually divorced her existing husband before thinking about taking vows with the next one in line. And he won't be the last one in line either.

- LyndaB , Naugatuck USA, 27/11/2012 15:07

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bahahaha... so she would go to Oklahoma to visit Kanye's mothers grave but wouldn't want to go to Minnesota to visit her then fiance Kris always begged him to come to LA or NY... oh yeah i get it Money talks!, you know Kanye=$$$

- aVa NYC , monroe, United States, 27/11/2012 14:55

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How can people comment on here saying waste of time/waste of space when 1. You clicked on and read this article and 2. Its about Kanye & Kim visiting his dead mothers grave!? Slightly offensive.

- Caseycatxo , UK, 27/11/2012 14:28

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Kardashian Inc has this weird fascination with death. As if shedding a few tears makes up for their horrible behavior. Kim is always trying to use her deceased father to milk sympathy. Now Kanye's onto that trick. Why would you take someone whom they probably never met to their grave? I'm sure this was done for the show and both Kim and Kanye will be showing us their ugly crying faces. Blech!!!!

- Kelly , Pittsburgh, 27/11/2012 13:07

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a source close to the K's DID NOT confirm anything. This story was pulled straight off of people seeing them in OKC on twitter & then embellished fan fiction

- Gianna26 , Boston, 27/11/2012 13:07

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It seems these JENDASH CLOWNS are everywhere.

- Chacha , Atlantis, 27/11/2012 11:23

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Aren't there valuable people in Britain to acknowledge to publish their activities to share? What is this sick joke? why some idiotic set of people giving so much popularity for this women who's uneducated, ugly, talent less, never done anything valuable to community and no value at all to British people? What is you all expectation by bring update about this women and her gang information everyday to public of Britain? So far only thing I did not see the the time Poop or pee in toilet about this women. this is really disgusting to be honest...

- Busta , Shanghai, China, 27/11/2012 04:27

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Keeping Up With the Wests, coming up.

- Reality Check , London, 27/11/2012 02:47

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smh. This guy is really trying to marry this girl who's been around, up and down the block, more than a few times, who is still MARRIED and who he hasn't even dated for a year.

- EastBroadway , NYC, United States, 27/11/2012 02:24

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We have to know this piece of information because?

- Joy , London, 27/11/2012 01:44

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