I have four siblings who have survived to adulthood, two of them my elders and two of them my juniors. Out of the five of us, the four of them have had the most strug... more
I have four siblings who have survived to adulthood, two of them my elders and two of them my juniors. Out of the five of us, the four of them have had the most struggles in life.~
I joined the Marine Corps at age 18 and since then I have never lived near my mother nor my siblings. I do not even know all of their childrens’ names, dates of birth ... more I joined the Marine Corps at age 18 and since then I have never lived near my mother nor my siblings. I do not even know all of their childrens’ names, dates of birth or ages. At last count, my eldest sister, four years my senior, is the only grandparent among my siblings and I. Her son fathered one child and her daughter gave birth to two children.
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My mother has only one sibling, her younger sister. Aunt Nita* lived not far from us and we spent a lot of time with our cousins until they moved to Texas when I was ... more
My mother has only one sibling, her younger sister. Aunt Nita* lived not far from us and we spent a lot of time with our cousins until they moved to Texas when I was about 12 years old. They came back a few years later, and had funny accents that we couldn’t understand. Aunt Nita and my mother had similar lifestyles in that they had a string of children by different fathers: my mother was pregnant six times but only five of us lived. Aunt Nita has six children. I have never known my biological father. From age 4 to 14, I had a stepfather, he was the youngest of 8 children, but had been born and raised on the East Coast, his entire family was still there and we only met one of his brothers. When I was about 10 or 11, my stepfather’s brother was in the Air Force and was transferred from overseas to a base located about an hour and a half from where we lived. He had a Thai wife and 6-year-old stepdaughter. We never spent very much time with them.~ less
