Aretha Franklin’s Children: After Getting Pregnant At Age 12, Singer Had Complicated Relationships With Family
Aretha Franklin was known as the Queen of Soul, and the raw emotion of her music may have come from the difficult relationships the singer had with family and especially her own children, the first of whom was born when she was just 12 years old.
The singer died this week at the age of 76, and her passing has brought attention to her brilliant career and many accomplishments. But it has also cast a light on the struggles of her personal life, including the often difficult relationships she had with close family members. As the Metro noted, Aretha’s father was a gospel preacher notorious for his womanizing, with rumors that he even held orgies at his church in Detroit.
