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# Sunny Hostin Learns About Her Grandmother's Missing Father
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/sunny-hostin-learns-about-her-grandmothers-missing-father/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:27:36.000Z
- Description: A 1940 census, reveals that Sonny Hostin's grandmother's father was absent from her home
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_ac2ad188-d6eb-406c-a7e7-22609cbb1bce, #extra

A 1940 census, reveals that Sonny Hostin's grandmother, Mary's father was absent from her parental home. Mary's father, Robert Cummings, left the family around 1937\. This absence likely impacted Mary, who was close to her mother but didn't discuss her father much.