Jordin Sparks' upcoming TV series is based on this black woman's story of adoption, friendship. - NBCBLK
Tommaso Boddi / WireImage fileTelevision producer and writer Ranada Shepard’s story is finding its way onto the small screen in the new Kenya Barris comedy set to air on ABC’s Freeform.
The new show, which is currently untitled, stars actress and singer Jordin Sparks, and starts filming in March. It is about two women who find out they are half-sisters after a DNA test. Shepard is excited to be working on a TV series again, especially since it is largely based on her real-life experience.
“I thought, man, I want to open this, but if I open it, I can’t get it sealed again,” she thought before ripping it open.Shepard says it was like the moment you find out your partner’s cheating on you and every little thing that didn’t make sense before comes into clear focus. “I said, 'Mom, I have something to tell you,'” Shepard said. “‘She’s like ‘You’re pregnant!?’ ‘No, I’m adopted.’” After her mother's initial shock at her words and anger about her snooping, Shepard insisted on knowing the truth.
Shepard found out that her mother, Maria, was a Cuban refugee, making Shepard a first-generation Afro-Cuban American. When she finally met her new, biological family members she said it was the first time she’d “looked like other people.”
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