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You seem to be receiving confusing advice. Even if you withdraw your petition, that will still attach to the new one. Your problem seems to be somewhere else. Hire an experienced immigration attorney.

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, in-laws, and cousins cannot sponsor a relative for immigration.  If the basis of your grandmother's filing was something other than relation, then the answer to your question would depend on what benefit she filed for on your behalf.  In any case, you would have to become a permanent resident before you could become a citizen.

Truth is that you can have a petition filed on your behalf by your US citizen step mother. While it may seem a little out of sorts that she could file a petition for you now that the marriage has dissolved, the immigration law does provide that opportunity to pursue the submission of a visa as long as there is evidence of a bond food parent-child relationship. What I would suggest is that you and her schedule a telephonic conference with an attorney and consult about this possibility. Keep in mind that if step mom does file this petition, there is a significant period of time during which you will have to wait for the petition to become current. Likewise, your dad could also file a petition on your behalf as long as you are not married. The waiting period for a visa to become available thru your dad is longer thank that thru your mom. But if your dad becomes a US citizen, then the petition is upgraded and the waiting period is exactly the same. If I were advising you, and as long as dad plan on filing to become a US citizen, I would probably recommend that he file for you rather that her doing it. Either way the end result and the waiting period are the same. You just have to figure out the best way to handle this for you and the potential obstacles that may get thrown at you either way. A definitely fixable problem as long as you understand the potential complications and the waiting line. Good luck.