A friend and I were talking about our backgrounds recently, and I mentioned to her that my Mom and Dad are in New Zealand right now – my Dad is Kiwi, and my sister too. My friend suggested that I might have Maori blood in me – a suggestion I immediately dismissed. ‘Nope! I’m white white white. My Dad’s Dad was a preist, and uh …’ I have a very limited understanding of my geneaology. My grandparents were all dead by the time I was 8, and I never met three of them. I have a hard time rec... read more