Hi
Thank you for your explanation, well my grandfather still lives in Haiti so does my mother, father and many of my aunts and uncles.
We're from Jeremie, my grandfather and grandmother are from Germany, they were recently married when they arrived to Haiti.
They settled in Haiti because my father could not stay in Germany anymore due to some family issues.
Well, my mother was born in Haiti and they moved to Jeremie and so were my uncles and aunts.
She was born Haitian to my opinion, they stayed there for a while but during the Duvalie regime my grandfather had to move out of the Ville of Jeremie to the country side because he was afraid that they were going to get killed by the regime.
Till today my grandfather AKA (TiChat) still lives in Anba nan dlo Jeremie at the age of 98. My mother had the privilege to go to school because of my Grandmother (she traveled back and fourth to the states and Germany) who passed away years ago. My mother studied and came Here where she studied at Colombia and met my father in a Tabou Combo Concert in 1978 and two years later married him. although a white woman she considers herself simply Haitian, when the question is given to her she never thinks twice but simply replies, "I'm Haitian" I'm the third child of my parents born in 1983 and I can honestly say I’m so proud to have my culture it hurts.
My mother does not stay here in the states often; right now she's in Haiti during this current issue we're experiencing.
We don't stay in P-A-P; we stay in Jeremy where we consider our home to be. Nothing is really happening in Jeremy, no fighting.
Hope I answered your question.
As to your comment may be I misunderstood.
Thanks,
Jeanny
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Posted by Jeanny on 4/17/08 3:23 PM
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