Regina King gets emotional while learning about her ancestry on 'Finding Your Roots.'
The actor said her grandmother was a "very sad woman." During an episode of "Finding Her Roots," she learned why.'Finding Your Roots' / McGee Media LLCRegina King's late father didn't open up about his childhood while he was alive, but the actor learned some eye-opening facts about his upbringing that helped her understand him more while appearing on episode of PBS'"Finding Your Roots.
"Growing up, I never really knew much about him other than he loved us and where he worked and his friends, who were his good friends. But never did he share ," she said. King, now 52, had a mix of emotions upon hearing that her late dad didn't have a steady father figure in his life.Census records from 1940 show that King's grandfather had two separate families in two different cities. King's father and grandmother, Ruby, lived in Memphis. But he was legally married to a woman named Cora who lived in Chicago.
"My mind is just ... this is a lot to take in. A lot I've never seen and never heard," King said, speaking about her family's"patterns." She called the revelation"unimaginable."
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