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Jennifer Hudson Says Her Father ‘Had 27 Children’: ‘We Found Quite a Few’


Jennifer Hudson opened up finding out as a teenager that her father had 27 children, some of whom she has connected with

Jennifer HudsonCraig Barritt/Getty Images for Tony Award ProductionsDuring a Wednesday, June 19, appearance on the “Your Mama’s Kitchen” podcast, Hudson, 42, said she didn’t know how many siblings she had until she was a teenager. Before she went looking for her dad as a teenager and discovered her large clan, Hudson was raised by her mom, Darnell Donerson, alongside sister Julia and brother Jason. Hudson tragically lost Darnell, Jason and nephew Julian in 2008 after her sister’s estranged husband, William Balfour, shot and killed them.

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