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# Dionne Warwick Explores the Roots of Her Singing Grandfather
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/dionne-warwick-explores-the-roots-of-her-singing-grandfather/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:27:43.000Z
- Description: Dionne Warwick explores her family history, focusing on her maternal grandfather.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_4b1c96d1-15fe-44f0-bb2d-c7f3431a7de5, #extra

Dionne Warwick explores her family history, focusing on her maternal grandfather, Nitch (Nicholas Drinkard). Through research, she discovers that Nitch's grandparents, John Drinkard Sr. and his wife, owned land in Georgia in the early 1900s, which was uncommon for African-Americans at the time. The Drinkards likely farmed cotton before relocating to Newark, New Jersey, by the late 1920s.