Hoda Kotb leaving 'Today' show: Here’s a look at her Oklahoma roots
Hoda Kotb is saying goodbye to the "Today" show. While Kotb is a current New Yorker and the product of growing up in Virginia, her origins go back to Oklahoma. Kotb's parents were Egyptian immigrants who left Cairo to study at the University of Oklahoma. Soon after, Kotb was born in Norman, Oklahoma, in 1964.