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Jun 9, 2023 · Roseanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, discovered on "Finding Your Roots" that her mother had a Black great-great-grandmother who was freed by her white father. She also learned that her father had a Black ancestor and that she was related to Angela Bassett.
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May 18, 2021 · Rosanne Cash learned on TV that her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had a Black great-great grandmother who was a slave. She cried and shared her "heartbreak" over the discovery of her family history.
Cash's mother was Vivian Cash (née Liberto), known to be of maternal Irish, German, and African-American ancestry, and paternal Sicilian. She grew up Catholic and her paternal Liberto grandparents were immigrants from Cefalù, Palermo. The Cash couple married in San Antonio, Texas, where Vivian was born and raised.
May 24, 2023 · The country singer shared a photo of her late mother and expressed her sadness and gratitude on Instagram. Vivian Liberto died on Cash's birthday in 2005, after a long marriage with Johnny Cash and a divorce from him.
- Kimberlee Speakman
May 25, 2023 · Roseanne Cash, the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash, shared a photo of her mother and a tribute on Instagram. Vivian Liberto died on May 24, 2005, which was also Roseanne's birthday.
Jun 9, 2023 · While discussing her early life, Cash recalled how her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had been the target of a racist hate campaign after a photo of her and her country star husband was...
Their son Lafayette Robinson was a direct ancestor of Vivian Cash's mother. Like Sarah, the Shields' siblings all married white spouses, as did their descendants. According to DNA, Rosanne Cash has 3.3% sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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