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Charles Jordan: The truth about Wynonna Judd’s father

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Wynonna Judd is widely known as an American singer who was very close to her mother, Naomi Judd because she followed the path of her mother as a singer. The two were best known as musical partners before Naomi passed away.

On April 30th, 2022, Wynonna and his half-sister, Ashley confirmed the death of their mother who died at the age of 76 years old due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Wynonna Judd and her mother, Naomi won Grammy Awards as a musical duo, “The Judds” and Ashley has also made a name for herself in Hollywood as a successful actress and has featured in multiple projects such as Double Jeopardy and I Leat.

Wynonna and Ashley are known to have the same mother however they have different fathers.

In this article, we’re going to throw light on the biological father of Wynonna Judd identified as Charles Jordan.

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Who is Wynonna Judd’s father, Charles Jordan?

Charles Jordan has been revealed as the real father of American singer, Wynonna Judd. He was in a relationship with Naomi Judd when she was in her teens and at the age of 18 years old Naomi got pregnant with her first child, Wynonna.

Reports suggest that Charles Jordan abandoned Wynonna Judd’s mother, Naomi hence she opted to marry her first husband, Michael Ciminella.

Naomi and Michael Ciminella got married in 1964 and it was the same year she gave birth to her daughter, Wynonna Judd.

There’s no information about Charles Jordan’s life after abandoning Naomi but Wynonna Judd opened up that she got in touch with his long-lost half-brother and that her father gave give birth to Michael.

Charles Jordan’s other child, Michael is three years younger than Wynonna Judd and he’s from Kentucky but the singer didn’t open up about how she got in contact with her half-brother.

Wynonna Judd father
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MAY 15: Wynonna Judd performs onstage during Naomi Judd: ‘A River Of Time’ Celebration on May 15, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Mickey Bernal/Getty Images)

Wynonna Judd speaks about her real father

The three Judds have been very vocal about their individual struggles but the two sisters, Wynonna and Ashley biggest issue was about the biological father of Wynonna because she didn’t know Michael Ciminella.

In an interview Wynonna Judd had with Oprah Winfrey in 2003, she opened up about not knowing the truth about her biological father but her half-sister, Ashley knew it before her and that made her angry.

She emphasized that not knowing about who she truly is was something that pained her and Ashley also admitted in the interview that Wynonna not knowing the truth is what has messed her up and not about her founding out.

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Wynonna Judd attempt to meet her Charles Jordan

Wynonna Judd made an attempt to meet her biological father, Charles Jordan but it ended up being pore painful twist as they never got the opportunity to meet.

In an interview with CNN, Wynonna noted that she was going to meet Charles Jordan a month before he died so she never got the chance. He died in 2000

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