Los Angeles: Singer Jennifer Hudson says she speaks to her dead mother and brother "all the time", while adding that god gave her the strength to get through the tragic family murders.


Jennifer Hudson. Pic/Santa Banta

The 34-year-old was left devastated in 2008 when her mother Darnell Donaldson, brother Jason and seven-year-old nephew Julian King were murdered by her sister's estranged husband William Balfour, but she still tries to retain a connection to her late family members, reports femalefirst.co.uk.