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She and her mother, Naomi Judd, make up the country duo The Judds. Her half-sister, Ashley Judd, is a noted actress.
Despite being born Christina Claire Ciminella, her father was NOT Michael Ciminella. Her mother was pregnant with her when she wed Michael but knew that he was not the father. Wynonna grew up believing that Michael was her father and never met her biological parent, Charles Jordan, who died in 2000.[1][2]
A descendant on her mother's side of Edward Seymour whose sister Jane was married to Henry VIII. She also descends from John of Gaunt (who was the son of King Edward III) and his third wife Katharine De Roet Swynford.[3]
"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH5-M2XD : 11 February 2018), Christina C Ciminella, 1964; citing Birth, Boyd, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNXY-1Z9 : 4 December 2014), Arch Brown Kelley and Wynonna Ellen Judd, 21 Jan 1996; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 236, Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
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