I Was Born Without a Family. Then I Found Two. Now I Have Six. Reconnecting with My Birth Family began with a question I could not answer for most of my life. Where do I come from? I was adopted through a closed adoption. Somewhere in the world I had a biological mother. A biological…
African Ancestry: The Fragment Principle African Ancestry can often be preserved in ways that are not immediately understood. For more than a century, my family preserved a name without understanding it. Wanza. The name survived. However, the explanation did not. Generations repeated it.Generations remembered it. Yet, despite this repetition, nobody seemed to know where it…
Why Diaspora Return Begins With Identity, Not Travel Diaspora return begins with a question. Not a passport. Not a visa. Not a plane ticket. A question. Instead, it begins with a deeper question: Who am I? Many people living far from their ancestral homeland, diaspora return is not simply a physical journey. It is a…