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Making Sense of My Family History With Ancestry.com

February 16, 2018 by afrobella

Making Sense of My Family History With Ancestry.com

This post is sponsored by Ancestry When my mother-in-law gifted me with a DNA kit from Ancestry some years ago, I was intrigued but skeptical. My mother-in-law comes from a family that’s very into genealogy and can trace their family tree back to as far as 1690. I was born and raised in Trinidad and…

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Filed Under: Featured, Life, Randomness Tagged With: Ancestry, contests and giveaways, DNA testing, family, giveaway, Giveaways & Contests, Immediate Family, Life, lifestyle, Sponsored Post

I’ve Kind Of Become My Mom – 5 Things I Inherited From My Mother

May 11, 2014 by afrobella 19 Comments

I’ve Kind Of Become My Mom – 5 Things I Inherited From My Mother

There were times in my teens and even early twenties when the title of this post would’ve seemed like the worst thing ever. As I grow older I realize how hard my mom worked to raise us kids and how much of herself she poured into us. Things that flew over my head, decisions I…

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Filed Under: Issues, Life Tagged With: Absolutely Afrobella, Becoming AfroBella, family, issues, Life, life lessons, mama bella, Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day To Anyone Who’s Motherly

May 13, 2012 by afrobella 18 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day To Anyone Who’s Motherly

I remember when I was a teenager, a classmate of mine made a joke about my family. “It’s like you have four mothers,” my friend said. I’m sure it was in response to me complaining about not being able to do something or go somewhere. Either way, my friend’s statement stuck with me and back…

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Filed Under: Issues, Randomness Tagged With: About Afrobella, Absolutely Afrobella, family, Featured, full-pic, love, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

My Mom’s Mother’s Day Present

May 8, 2011 by afrobella 22 Comments

My Mom’s Mother’s Day Present

Over the years we’ve bought my mom just about every kind of Mother’s Day present you can think of. Together with my sister and brothers, we’ve gotten her spa visits and fancy lunches, clothes and cosmetics, jewelry and perfume and one misguided year I believe my brother bought her a fancy iron. From my recollection,…

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Filed Under: Beauty, Style Tagged With: Becoming AfroBella, family, love, Mother's Day

What I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

November 23, 2010 by afrobella 15 Comments

What I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

The last few weeks have been rough, I can’t even front. Being sick always sucks, and at times within the past month it’s literally felt like the Mucinex commercials were being reinacted in my lungs. My site got hacked not once, not twice, but THREE times in succession. Just when I’d think everything was OK,…

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Filed Under: Randomness Tagged With: Blog Sister Love, family, friends, love

Happy Birthday, Aunty Opal!

March 18, 2010 by afrobella 20 Comments

Happy Birthday, Aunty Opal!

Most families have at least one person like her — the warm one, the one with all the culinary skills, the one who is most likely to watch cartoons with the kids, or play games. The one who’s motherly without necessarily being your mom. In my family, her name is Opal. And she’s always been…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Afrobella Cooks, aunt, auntie, Beautifully Aging Bellas, Becoming AfroBella, chelsea buns, family, love

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