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Interracial Family

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I am a product of interracial marriage (Black father and Filipino mother). However, I was raised by my Filipino grandparents so I grew up in a non-traditional Asian family. My parents were married for a short time, and both remarried. As a result, I had two moms, two dads, and five brothers on my dad's side. I love them all equally. When I was growing up, trying to explain to people why I look different from my Filipino family, why I had two sets of parents, and why my brothers live in America, and I live in the Philippines—was a “serious struggle.” I tended to spend half a day, talking about my entire biography (haha).

I now have my own non-traditional, multiracial, and blended family. My husband is Black, I am Black and Filipino. We have
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