Early Life
Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California; the son of actress, Goldie Hawn, and musician, Bill Hudson. After the parents divorced in 1980, he and his sister, actress Kate Hudson, were raised in Colorado by their mother and the mother's boyfriend/actor, Kurt Russell. Hudson says that he considers Russell to be his father. He has four half-siblings: Emily and Zachary, from his biological father's marriage to actress, Cindy Williams; Lalania, from another of his father's relationships in 2006; and Wyatt, from his mother's relationship with Kurt Russell.
Hudson is of mixed ethnic descent, being one-quarter Hungarian Jewish (from his maternal grandmother) and one-quarter Italian (from his paternal grandmother). In addition Hudson's maternal grandfather was a descendant of Edward Rutledge, the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was raised partially in his maternal grandmother's Jewish religion. Hudson also is the cousin of singer, Sarah Hudson.
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