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But before he can get to great-great-great-great grandparents, Brown has to contend with his own fathers death.
The actor was only 10 years old when his dad died from heart failure in their home.
I remember thinking in my mind,Thats probably it.
Its just something unsaid.
From there, he remembers feeling like he had to hold it together at a young age.
Now I just look at a picture and Im like,Wah!
With help fromFinding Your Roots, Brown reconnects to the ancestry he lost with his fathers untimely death.
