The media mogul has lost two siblings - but gained a third
may be one of the most powerful women in media, and a billionaire, but her difficult upbringing is well known. She was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey, their only child as Vernita was a single teenage mother. She famously grew up in poverty.
"All the years of the Oprah show for me were about sharing stories that actually helped people be more of their authentic selves and I know that that is the truest form of what it means to be free," Winfrey said. "To have personal freedom. To be able to fully be who you are. To have the truest expression of yourself as a human being."
She is a mom of two, having her first child, Aquarius, at the age of 17 - and another when she was aged 23. Having her own children encouraged her to track down her birth family - and to her utter surprise, she was related to Oprah.
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