Jennifer Hudson Reveals Late Father Had 27 Kids

Jennifer Hudson revealed a touching and sudden household discovery about her father, who had 27 youngsters.

Talking on the “Your Mama’s Kitchen: Conversations from the Coronary heart of the Residence” podcast, the acclaimed singer and actor recounted a lifelong dream.

“It was my dream to have all of us at this grand Thanksgiving or Christmas desk, and all of us sit and eat collectively. That was my aim at 16,” Hudson shared.

Throughout the podcast, host Michele Norris requested about siblings, prompting Hudson to disclose a stunning account of her household historical past.

“Your father had a giant persona,” stated Norris. “And also you discovered that you simply had much more siblings?”

“Sure, a number of us,” Jennifer Hudson replied. “Apparently, he had 27 youngsters. That’s what we had been all the time advised.”

Of the 11 women and 17 boys, Hudson has met six or seven along with the siblings she grew up with, Jason and Julia.

“We discovered fairly a number of of us,” Hudson stated, including, “And I’m the youngest of all of them.”

Hudson’s father, Samuel, handed away in 1999.

Initially, she solely knew about his two different youngsters together with her late mom, Darnell Donerson.

Nevertheless, tragedy struck the household when Donerson and Jason had been murdered of their Chicago residence by Julia’s estranged husband, William Balfour, in October 2008.