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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 from slavery. She also learned that her father had a Black ancestor and that she was related to Angela Bassett.
- Chrissy Callahan
May 18, 2021 · Rosanne Cash learned on TV that her mother, Vivian Liberto Cash, had a Black great-great grandmother who was a slave. Vivian was the first wife of Johnny Cash, who faced threats from the KKK for marrying a Black-looking woman.
May 24, 2023 · The country singer shared a photo of her late mother and expressed her sadness and gratitude on the 18th anniversary of her death. Vivian Liberto was Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash.
- Kimberlee Speakman
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 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 · The singer discovered that her mother, Vivian Liberto, had a Black great-great-grandmother who was freed by her white father in 1848. She also found out that her father, Johnny Cash, had a Black ancestor on his side.
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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.
