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Meet my grandmother Sue she's the sweet person you'll ever get a chance to meet. She has diebetes but she's still the strongest person I know . My grandmother is about 5'7 she has brown hair and brown eyes just like my mom and I.

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My genetic family tree The Step- Children

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My genetic family tree The Step- Children

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These beauitful children I helped raise with my husband and their mothers co-parenting would be upset if I did not add them Antony, Dorain, Damion(not pictured), Kevin Jr., Jashlynn, Devin, Johnathan, Jessica and Jordon not picture lives in Alabama. The apples of my eyes

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Meet my mom Danielle she is the reason I'm here today she's my rock. She's 6'1 has brown hair and brown eyes and brown skin.

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Meet Michael and Matthew double trouble yes. They are so each other they talk without speaking. when they was little they had to touch each other inorder to go to sleep. Matt has one son Michael has three two girls and a boy. both 5ft 8

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=Little momma  Vandiaa standing at 4ft. heart of gold my baby has a brain tumor but she does not let that stop her from being who she is a walking miracle.

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Azriea was adopted from birth by me and my husband two months after my baby girl passed away she is spoiled to the core everyone's baby 5ft 3

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My twin De'Amber everyone would call her little Talia. She was 5 years old when she passed away our Angel who will forever live on in are hearts

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Drew is my oldest standing at 5ft 9 my rock star works all the time he has one child a little girl who lives in Mexico with her mother.

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My genetic family tree my brother Anthony on my dad side

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My genetic family tree my brother Anthony on my dad side

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I talk to him a lot lately ok since we had to do this tree just to get pictures and information about my dad side of the family. Black wavy hair like my dad 6ft 7 I know I look nothing like him ok maybe the nose.

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My genetic family tree Aunt Treshe dad side I never meet her either but heard she was fun.

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My genetic family tree Aunt Treshe dad side I never meet her either but heard she was fun.

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My genetic family tree Aunt Linda on my fathers side 

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My genetic family tree Aunt Linda on my fathers side 

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I don't remember meeting her but I was told she loved me.

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My step dad Richard is my hero. He raised me and I never wanted for anything. He was my rock star my everything also my sister Tenise's father. The man my Mother married for over 30 years

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My genetic family tree my uncle on my dad side 

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My genetic family tree my uncle on my dad side 

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Uncle cliffton was around when I was younger but moved out of town and I have not seen or spoke to him in years. 6ft 4 black hair brown eyes.

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my Genetic Family tree Great great grandmother 

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my Genetic Family tree Great great grandmother 

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my great granmothers mom her twin she had Idental Twin girl's my daugther is named after one of them. I never got a chance to meet her but I was told she also had a kind heart.

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My genetic family tree Great grandmother

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My genetic family tree Great grandmother

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This woman right here is my all an all ice blue eyes white hair as the snow 4ft tall and the kindest woman I have ever known  we stayed with her on the weekends and poppa too I have no pictures of him.

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standing 5ft 4 light brown hair rotten to the core still get what I want from family just because I asked for it mom's baby twin. Married to a wonderful man Kevin Washington and together we have 15 children and we love each and everyone of them Brats. We have 14 grandchildren that all run me crazy.

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My brother Andrew Andy for short 6ft 9 No hair LOL brown eyes. us girl's call him BoBo, My mom only had one he watches over all the girls and me being the baby girl even more SHH because he loves me more lol. ok are side joke or should I say his side joke for me was. He would hold my head in his hands and then tell me say it, say what let go of my eggo. He would get in troulbe for this by mom.

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My genetic family  tree The middle child 

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My genetic family  tree The middle child 

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My sister Tenise my nick nick name for her is Nuk. Light skin, black hair 5ft 4. She had many nick names because she was the lightess out of all of us, light bright, sunshine no harm but it was fun to watch her get mad. she is a mixture of my mom and grandmother but acts like my great grandmother. She looks out for all of her nieces and nephews even their kids the Mean but kind one LOL. That's my Nuk

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My genetic family tree Just before the best child

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My genetic family tree Just before the best child

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My sister TIna 5ft 3 one year older then me. Black hair brown eyes really looks like a dark skin version of my mom would never tell her that ever. SHe would make me mad and I would tell her that's why you was adopted mom told me not to say any thing but did you ever wonder why you was not light like everyone else. She would get upset and cry and go to my mom and say is this true my mom would laugh and look at me and say why would you tell her that? I would say mom tell her the truth you found her and brung her home. She knew it was not true but it was fun watching her freak out. We are close and still to this day calls me the baby girl.Hey woman! I have a name.

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My sister Tishea Durham nick name is Mother Teresa 5ft 1, black hair looking like my mom's doppelganger, She takes care of everyone. We all stay strong because of her. She adopted twin girls. Asia and Akia guess what the are spoiled rotten.

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My genetic family tree(One of the twin's)

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My genetic family tree(One of the twin's)

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Aunt Jeannette Dow The dark twin lives in Las Vegas is married to Zellie Dow and the have four children Zellie Jr., Devery, Tamia and Tayeh. She moved there when her twin sister Annette passed away. standing at 5ft 7 black hair like her mother looking like my great grandmothrer kind heart beautiful soul.

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I do not know much about my family but the little bit that I know is o.k. I guess. I wish I would've known more. this activity made me think about my family tree and my family around me. it was hard getting some pictures my mom sent me what she had. It was really nice to see what my great grandma looked like.  I got to compare pictures and find a lot of things in common with my kids. My 9 year old looks like his cousin and the baby looks like my grandma. I found out that one of my grandma's brothers has green eyes and my little sons eyes are green or hazel depends on what he wears. My oldest is like a splitting image of my brother including the attitude. Genes do come a long who of

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My Uncle My Grandma son.

My grandmother was not so lucky to have boys. MY uncle has down syndrome and other things going on. He has the mind of a 5 year old. He had a surgery when he was little and my grandmother said it left him mute. he is very friendly and lovable. he has been in a cared facility since he was a little boy. My grandmother visits often. he has a couple of different condition. even a thyroid issue like my mom aunt and grandma.

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I am super excited to see this. That is my Great Grandma and great uncle my mom just sent me this picture. that is my grand mothers mom and brother. I do not know anything about them but I feel like it is cool to compare to my grandma from my mom side. that is my great uncle he is my great grandma son.this was a cool picture to see.

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Nephew Josaha he is the grandson of my half brother. he is 4 years old now. He is super smart and talks a lot. He is energetic and very outgoing. He is skinny with curly hair. He looks like my brother. He is Puerto Rican from my brothers side and dominican from his mom side. I meet him once very cute kid. You know? he kind of looks like my 9 year old.

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My Brother from both mother and father.

He acts just like my dad but looks like my mom side of the family. he has the receding hairline like my dad but has my mothers type of hair once again. I needed that gene. we don't see eye to eye much. he has a know it all attitude kind of like my dad. I feel like we all have the same facial features. My oldest resemble my brother A lot! It is like I am raising my brother all over again. he is very cocky but can have a kind heart when he wants to. He does not have as much freckles as me. He is taller than me too. He has not had any kids yet.

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My Aunt and Grandfather (mom side)

I meet my grandfather once. I do not know much about him other then he  is super white like my like 6 year old son is. My grandfather past away Easter Sunday due to the covid 19 he has away at 100 years old. He past away on his birthday. My aunt has a super strong character. We never see eye to eye. The funny part is we are just alike our attitudes are the same and we look alike. She has long black hair. I wish I took on her hair gene.

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The hard part is I do not know my family well nor do I have a huge family. I have a lot of issues talking about family because we are not close at all. The way I was raise is not the same as I am raising my children. I am making sure that they contact whatever family they do have to stay in touch. I recently received my dna from 23andme. I found out I was 44.6 from Sub-Saharan African 35.5 percent from European. 9.8 percent East Asian and Native American, Western Asian and north African was 3.9 percent and 5.8 percent unknown. It was pretty cool reading some of my history. I have been getting contacted my some family member and found some 2nd and 3rd cousins.

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MY GRANDMA (mom side)

She is the love of my life. I love her with all my heart and soul. She raised me and helped me become the women I am today, she is my heart. Very strong character. Very strict. she has black hair but she dyed it. She has long hair but cut it. her dad is from Spain and mother is from P.R I wish I had a picture of her mother. My great grandma told me she was very dark. She recently lost a lot of weight. she use to be 250ish.

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My Mom

She is super white like the sun. She is really bubbly and very smart. she does not have much freckles and unlike me she has great hair and little feet. She use to be really big until she got the surgery done, the gastric bypass surgery.

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My brother from my dad side.

He looks just like my dad . darker skin color but has such a great heart. He has no freckles. He also has hardly any hair. I meet him when I was 16. We just started talking when I took a visit to Florida 2 years ago. I do not know much about him he has 4 children I never meet.

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My Dad

I really do not know much about this side if the family. HE was a little bit upset when I asked him about background or life history. I was not raised with him nor my mom. from what I know about him now is he is now christian. He is Puerto Rican from his mom side he does not know nor never meet his family. he was a foster child. Has has dark brown hair and he is balding with age he has alopecia and I recently found out that I have it as will. He also has a little freckles just like me and my 2 boys. He has a strong attitude. sometimes when he is mad at you he will not talk a person for days which is how my brother from both mom and dad side is.

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Aunt Annette Viverette the light twin with green eye's is married to Uncle Tommy 5ft 7 light brown hair they have three children Tommy Jr., Anthony, and Adra. My aunt Annette died when I was younger in a fire that',ow but I great woman who took me every where with her. I love her to heaven and back again.

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This is my real family that loved me since day I get everything my eyes, hair, attitude, and looks from my mother.  My Father Tim Allen taught everything about how to love and be there for the family. This project was a hard one all my leading ladies except for me is in heaven. I did my best so here is MY FAMILY!!!!!

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This was a hard project for me both sides of my family disowned my Mom and both my older brother and I because she was not racist and got along with everyone. I have two family tree the genes side and the real one family that loved and took care of me.  This is the genes side first. I was unable to get pictures of my maternal side of the family most of them passed away when I was little or before I was born.

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I am the oldest of two children.
My sister  is tall like our father, she has dark brown hair , brown eyes, and high cheek bones. She is quite and stays to herself.
My father comes from a family of nine siblings. He was named after his father. Daddy, tall man with medium brown skin and brown eyes. He was quite and love to fish and hunt. He gave everybody in his family a nick name. My nick mane is Men-a-Mint.
My mother  is the tenth child of eleven siblings. Her height is about 5'6, medium brown skin, brown eyes and high cheek bones. She is a very strong black women who made sure that her daughter was well taken care of. She work two jobs to provide for our home. She is very out spoken, you can be sure that is will speak her mind. She will tell you "I say what I mean , and mean what I say!"
The maternal side of my family : Grandfather  a half Cherokee Indian was the oldest of two boys; a tall  dark skin, brown eyes with high cheek bones . He was the head of  our family unit.  He called his  grandchildren as well as his children  "MY Kids". He was the true sense of being the protector of the family. He was a quite man but love to have his family around him.
My grandmother was a light brown women about 4'11, brown eyes. the oldest of two girls.  She was a short woman in stature  but was a powerful  women in prayer.  To meet her was to Love her. She would always tell us "We got to LOVE ONE ANOTHER!" We still say this to each other when we all get together.
My aunts all look alike tall  with black hair,  brown eyes and high cheek bones. They to like my mother were and are strong black women who spoke and speak their mind.
My  seven uncles (two of the seven are identical twins), height ranging  from 5'7 to 6'0 feet, skin tones were from light brown to dark brown , all with brown eyes and high cheek bones. They all took after  my grandfather in being the protector of their families.
As you can see that one of the features that is dominant in our family is our high cheek bones that we all got from my grandfather.  The women in our family have wide hips, we got this from my grandmother. Another similarity we all have is being strong in our beliefs.
The paternal side of  my family:
I know very little about my father 's family, for my mother and father divorced when my sister and I were little girls.
My grandmother was short , brown skin, brown eyes and black hair.
My grandfather died when my father was young.
Uncles and Aunts  that I seen were all medium brown skin,big brown eyes, wide nose and large dark lips.
I have the hips, high cheek bones and smile from my mother and from my dad I have his nose and lips and I walk just like him and my paternal grandmother with knock knees.  Mostly everything that I learned, how I talk, what I eat, my beliefs, my morals, my way of life I watched, was taught, and learned from my maternal side.

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #2 Maternal Side

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #2 Maternal Side

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I lived vicariously through my mother regarding my grandparents, because both were deceased before I was born. The following is what she expressed:
Both valued love for self , family, and neighbors. Additionally, they valued education, representation of family,  determination, respect, and sacrifice.         Both came from a background that was considered poor, yet they were rich in love, respect, and honor for one another, family, and our black people.  My grandfather was a confident, strong, military man. He often recited this black proverb to my mother and her 2 sisters, "If you knock de nose, de eye cry." (This meant) "if you hurt one of the family, you hurt them all."  This proverb helped my mother and her siblings understand the significance of group instead of individual identity.  My grandparents believed that in a world that's fallen short in providing a more holistic, positive, and affirming account of blacks in America, it was up to them as a family to present an anti-deficit view of blacks in society. Therefore, my grandparents were considered radicals because they would host dinners where blacks would come to discuss the deficits of blacks that lie in the structures, policies, and practices of their time (still exist today)  and arrive at solutions that would re-direct explanations for our experiences in this country. It was important to my grandparents that  our lives as black people represented and secured the lives of future generations. Now, I understand why I often go against the grain of the status quo. I'm often perceived as "doing my own thing" instead of doing what is right for humanity. I see that my grandparents were risk-takers and  they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the betterment of our people, particularly at a time when they could have been killed for doing so.
Additionally, my mother shared how she admired  her mother's humility and nurturing spirit. My grandmother was wise in how she orchestrated the care of their home . She prided herself in her ability to cook and love her family. Furthermore,  my mother admired  the love, loyalty, support, and respect that her parents gave to each other. I've experienced these same attributes through my mother.
This is Me!!!!

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My Granny Sadie Louis Richards-Coleman was the apple of my mother's eye she had five kid's like my mother four girls and one boy. She had the energy of a twenty year old woman traveling  every chance she could. She  would give the shirt off her back if you needed it. She would call my brother old man because he walked slow and me she would call mother because I wanted to take care of everyone. My grandmother had twin's just like her grandmother did. I had the first set of twin boys in the family it skipped  every other generation why did I have to be the lucky one? My gram cracker was not tall 5ft 3 black curly hair and she was light skinned and looked more like my mom to me.

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #4 Family in Photos

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #4 Family in Photos

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Note: Dominate and Recessive features are noted at the bottom of the tree.

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My Parents and I
I am the only child between my parents and I am going to highlight some insightful experiences with my parents that has shaped and continue to shape my life. This post will be followed by post #4, which will be my family tree in photographs.
My father was a tall, respectful,  beautiful man. He possessed a calm, quiet and gentle spirit. Yet, I believe that his intellect and wisdom is what drew people to him. He was always well dressed as most men of his time. He made sure that my mom and I were the same. He was serious about us being who we were as a family and how we presented ourselves in the world. He always ensured that I knew who I was and I was confident being an African-American child in this country. I remember ( between the ages 5-12) he randomly asked me this question, Who are you? Initially, at age 5 I would respond by giving him my full name. My response seem to have given him great joy, until I reached age 13. This time he wasn't satisfied with my usual response. Therefore, I became confused and irritated as he continued to repeat the question 2 more times. Okay the lesson! He began to inform me that it was time for my response to be elevated beyond my name. My response had to shift to one of identity. In that moment, he helped me to understand that my heritage is central to my identity. If I ever chose to be disconnected from my identity, I'll lose my ability to explain the essence of myself and my people to others.
My mother was a determined woman who sought after and achieved her goal to become a licensed cosmologist. She inspired me as I watched her take care of our home in addition to working outside the home. She definitely took her cooking skills from my grandmother. Her entrepreneurial spirit surfaced when she taught herself to bake and started a cake business from our home. She valued learning, education, family, and taught me to do the same. She would say to me that obtaining knowledge wasn't just for me, it was to pass onto our people so that we all can build and grow together.
I can see how my parents were attracted to one another. They shared the same goal of uplifting their people and they imparted that responsibility in me. They believed that giving birth to me was an extension of them and the life and race of our people.
The impact of what my ancestors, grandparents, and parents imparted in me has helped shape my beliefs as an educator. I belief that being an educator is a high calling that comes with great generational responsibility of birthing others into their life's purpose.
I conclude with the words that my paternal grandmother left in a letter to me before her death, "My dearest Beatrice (that was her name for me), I charge you to go forth into this world and teach others about the rich heritage of our people. Teach our children how to combat inequity by being highly competent and critically conscious of their place in the world. Teach them to stand confidently in the knowledge of who they are just like your family has taught you." I learned that she wrote this letter when she learned that my parents were having me.
This is me!!!!!
My final post #4 is My Family Tree in photos.

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Uncle Donald Richards nick name duck. My mothers only brother Married to Sherly Richards. Standing at 6ft 6 light skinned Was my everything the only boy gram had was rotten to the core but a great man made sure gram had everything she ever needed . He worked at the Chevy plant had a beautiful home and three children Donald Jr., Tonia and Derrick. I wanted to live with them. I think he looks more like my grandmother to me.

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My Grandfather Emmanuel Payne passed away when I was little never got a chance to meet him but when I saw a picture of him he was my mother's twin. He even give me a nick name I will take to the grave with me LOL.

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“When she looks in the mirror, we want our daughter to know herself. It’s hard to face the world when you don’t know where your face came from.”
Adoptive parents

My "mother" had two brothers and one sister,  She was the baby of the family, my father had two sisters, he was the oldest of the family. My aunts and uncles were an integral part of our family. I always remember how my aunts and uncles looked like each other and had the same mannerisms. My aunts on my father's side had olive skin tone, as if from the mediterranean, the sisters were feisty, as was my grandmother! My mothers brothers and sisters were fair skinned,they had blue eyes, so did my grandfather,poppa. My mother's eyes were brown, Both my mother and father were of Russian descent. My "Poppa was big and strong, like a Russian Czar, my mother was a strong woman. I consider myself "strong" and that from my mother's side of the family, that's nurture, maybe nature!

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Glee - Papa Can You Hear Me full performance

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My genetic family tree ( my mom baby sister)

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My genetic family tree ( my mom baby sister)

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My aunt Bernice Gramham married to Uncle Billy. My favorite she calls me her lee bug. She only had one child a Ronnette. I think i'm more tuned to her because she was the youngest like me. she showed me how to cook and we always had fun together. She use to date Rick James I thought that was amazing. She has so much life in her and fun to be with standing at 5 ft 8 and medium brown like me and legs for days.

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My dad's name is Thomas I never got a chance to meet him he died when I was very young ,but I did meet my brother Anthony twenty years ago. We just got back in touch with each other because I wanted to know more about my dad's side of the family. Anthony sent me a picture of him and I laughed because I look like him now I know where my egg head came from LOL! 6ft 2 and was in the army.

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My mother and Father was never married but I was raised by my mom and step-father Richard Frazier and I carry his last name so do my children. My mother had five children four girls and one boy Tishea,Andrew, Tenise,Titina and myself. I am the baby girl standing at 5ft 4ins. the little mighty mite of the family the one that got everything and eveyone didn't like mommy's little baby girl. Spoild is what the called me and this is true.

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My mother and father loved each other, they owned a store and worked together everyday! I definitely took after my father in nature and nurture. In his youth he was a wild one, and in my youth I was too! He truly understood me, and my sister was jealous of our relationship. He didn't love me more, he just got me!
My sister and brother are adopted too! My sister always thought her birth parents were royalty, and she said I was from Mars! She is the oldest and I am in the middle ( yes, I am a perfect middle child!) She has perfectly straight hair, and I envied that when I was in my teens! My brother is the baby, he was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was in second grade. He loved science and would  put toads he found outside into model rockets and shoot them into the sky! Smart, science....not me! Tomboy, sports...trouble with a capitol "T," that's me. But we are a family and as an adult we "see" our parents traits in us every day. As a parent, I would roll my eyes as I said and did some of the same things my mother did!

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #1 Paternal Side

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Family Tree "This is Me" - #1 Paternal Side

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The following are central narratives that resonate through both sides of my family: Relationship with God, group representation,  love of self & neighbor,  and education.
Starting with my paternal side,  I only had the opportunity to experience knowing my grandmother who was a humble god-fearing woman. She was tiny in stature, but big in heart. She had a servants heart because she always helped anyone who needed assistance. Additionally, she was a woman of  prayer, integrity, and was highly respected by all who came into her sphere of influence. My time spent with her was steeped in conversations about the value of education, identity,  & helping others.  I came to know about my grandfather through her because he had passed away before my birth. She was extremely vocal about his love of family. He was a strong, wise, and diligent worker. He took his responsibility as a husband and  father seriously. He supplied the family with protection, instruction, support, and love.  The ties of affection , respect, and honor that they had as husband and wife was so deep that it almost took her out of this earth when he passed away. She continued to say, that it was the strength of God and  the words that he imparted to her before he took his last breath that ignited her to carry on in this life. He said, "You have a crucial role to uphold our family so that generations after us will know who they are. You are the smartest, strongest black woman I know and you can do anything. He continued to express to her that death itself could not keep him from watching over and helping her guide their children and family. I wept as my grandmother expressed the depth of their love and soul bond. I must say, that she literally lived out those words and like a shepherd  herding their sheep, she ushered my dad and his two sisters into understanding their true identity.  Grandma was everything that granddad spoke her to be god-fearing, strong, wise, and she became larger than life in my eyes.
This is Me!!!!!

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My mother Gloria Jean Payne- Frazier was my everything. Standing at 5ft2 long black curly hair and light skinned. I would ask her why was everyone light skin and me and my sister Titina was dark? Should would laugh and say your all my children it does not matther what color you are. Mom was fun she would play games with us run the block party, and every kid on the block called her moma Gloria that would make me mad. She is not your mother she belongs to me. I knew it was just the kindness of her heart to help the kids on the block that had it hard at home.I still didn't have to like it. One day I found a picture of my mom when she was about 18 years old but the picture looked just like me. "Mom where did you get a picture of me in black and white" she laughted and said baby that's me. Wow now I know who I am going to look like when I get older.

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My Genetic Family Tree-Judi Harris (sample)

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My Genetic Family Tree-Judi Harris (sample)

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a) As an adopted child I have never seen or met my maternal and paternal grandparents . In my adoption records it says that I was born of a Jewish mother and my father was Hispanic. My features show more of my Hispanic culture. My grandfather on my mothers side lived with us after my grandmother passed away, I can still feel myself sitting on his lap.

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Because of slavery and systematic racism I don't know much about my genetic makeup/heritage, passed my  great grandparents nor will i be able to find out anything, but ill try my best.