In her new memoir, Kerry Washington explores how a shocking discovery about her identity changed her relationship with her parents and her own children.
Born and raised as an only child in the Bronx, New York, Washington's upbringing allowed her to be immersed in the things she still values today: the performing arts and
As it turns out, Washington's parents had used a sperm donor in hopes of conceiving, which they revealed to her in her early forties. Washington later confirmed her dad, Earl, was not her biological father through a DNA test. So I know that the information about the donor will come in at the right time, and I'm looking forward to it, but I don't have a lot of attachment about it, needing to fulfill some kind of emotional idea.
I think my parents were innovators. They were groundbreakers. This was the mid '70s, this was a highly experimental medical procedure, artificial insemination. And they took this risk because they really, really wanted me. And I think I'm so lucky to have that love. "Every time that somebody says the book is brave, I have to navigate this dual reaction. There's a part of me that says, 'Oh, that's such a beautiful compliment.' And then there's a voice in my head that says, 'You've done something wrong.' When I hear, 'You're so brave', I hear, 'I wouldn't have done that. That's not OK to do.
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