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Jenna Bush Hager Reveals the Unexpected Family Secret She Found as a Child

Jenna Bush Hager said she cried in third grade after finding a wedding announcement in her father’s memory box, revealing he had called off an engagement.

  • On Friday, Sept. 25, Jenna Bush Hager revealed on Today With Jenna that she discovered as a third grader her father, President George, was once engaged to another woman before marrying her mother.
  • While searching her father's memory box for proof of his own childhood grades after receiving a poor math test score, Bush Hager stumbled upon a wedding announcement for a woman who was not her mother, Laura Bush.
  • Bush Hager recalled bursting into tears upon finding the announcement referencing George's 1967 engagement to college student Cathryn Lee Wolfman, though she joked about making the discovery about herself as a third grader.
  • George called off that engagement and married Laura in 1977, meeting and wedding just three months later before welcoming twin daughters Jenna and Barbara.
  • Today airs weekdays on NBC, providing a platform where Bush Hager shares personal family moments, including her father's recent guest appearance on the show.
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