18
Sep
After years of unanswered questions about his parentage, Grammy-winning gospel singer Kirk Franklin has been joyfully reunited with his biological father, Richard Hubbard, after a remarkable 53-year separation. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Franklin was adopted by a woman from his church at the age of four. He believes that his birth mother was a teenager who lacked the means to raise him, thus, the decision to abandon him. This emotional reunion, according to Franklin, marks a significant chapter in his life. Though appreciative of what his adoptive mother did for him while growing up, he felt there was a…