Black & Korean - The Search For My Birth Mother

“My father was black and my birth mother is Korean and Japanese, I think.

I guess it’s odd to not know exactly, but I haven’t known her since I was 2 years old. I recall seeing an old home video where my mother was teaching me to speak Korean and English so at some point I guess I was learning to become bi-lingual, but after she left I was only exposed to my father’s culture. I knew that I did not look like the kids I went to school with and definitely stood out from my father’s side of the family. I was raised to be a little black girl yet I clearly looked Asian.

I got teased for everything and ultimately rejected my Asian culture because of it. I always asked my father ‘why aren’t I as dark as my sister?’ or ‘why don’t I look more like you?’ He would tell me not to worry what other people thought or said about me. I wanted him to explain more about my full heritage but I think on some level he was also still deeply hurt from the loss of my birth mother.”

Name: Pak Hyun Cha (American name is China Williams)⠀
DOB: 6-18-63

“Remarried and had at least 2 more children that I am aware of, I think the daughter's name is Da-in. Can speak Japanese, Korean and English”

델타(Delta)라는 친구는 친어머니를 찾습니다. 많은 공유부탁드립니다.

이름: 박현자
생신: 63년 6월 18일
특징: “재혼하셔서 아이들 두명이 더 있어요. 딸의 이름은 다인이라고 알고있어요. 어머님은
일본어, 한국어와 영어를 할 줄 압니다.”

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