The unknown
When I was a child I would go visit my family for lunch, this did not happen often, but when it did it was a feast of variety when looking at my family.
My mother and many others in the family said we were of Scottish/Irish ancestory and that some of the people in our family were of maori descent.
What didn’t sit right for me, even as a little one, was that my father and his siblings all didn’t look Scottish/Irish to me, well not from my perception as they all had olive tone with the thickest blackest hair I had ever seen and strange coloured green eyes, almost of a yellow appearance like a cat. I used to continuously say that something was not being said.
About 10 years ago, my fathers father was very ill and while in his death bed he pulled aside my Aunty and shared a family secret. The secret was that his ancestory was Romany Gypsy and that he was ashamed of it. I finally found this out when I visited my Aunty, and finally found a sense of relief, straight away, as I knew that this was what I could see and didn’t like that I could not put my finger on it.
So I proudly say, although my family for many years have kept this hidden, that I have a Romany Gypsy heritage.
NomadicGoddess
Does this mean you’re gonna start selling pegs?
jaycee replied
Absolutely. Just to annoy you :)
cougarfan
Wooooooooo Hooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! That explain your couriosity!!!!!! Thank You For Sharing Hun:))))))))))
jaycee replied
Thank you cougar :)... yes am always a snoop hahahhaha.
cougarfan
Not that just your curiosity for the unknown. Gypsys are very spiritual people as I am sure you alredy know:)))))))))
jaycee replied
Yes they are, am still learning more about it all,, but it does explain a lot of mine and my childrens characteristics :)
cougarfan
and what are those?
jaycee replied
we always have itchy feet… very spiritual and thinkers not unlike you said…our hair is wild lol… well I am the only one that actually has the yellow green eyes still though… we are a little left of centre.. that is some.
jaycee replied
Its really sad as I have been reading up on my ancestory, and the amount of discrimination still around about the Romanies… is incredible. Still to this day there is little acknowledgement that the Romanies were part of 5 million people slaughtered during the holocaust, this included the Polish, Gays, artists etc. as well all know there was also 6 million jews slaughtered, but that is all you really hear about.
NomadicGoddess
O no better duck for cover LOL
jaycee replied
I will put a curse on you if you don’t buy my pegs hahahahhahahah.
NomadicGoddess
That takes me back to my childhood, happy place happy place happy place
jaycee replied
hahahhhah .. memories ha.
Jane Keats
Lol, I have a similar story about my Irish heritage. Seems weird these days, but back not so long ago, many people were ashamed of not being British of some sort. These days, I’m proud to say that I’m Irish/Yorkshire/Welsh/German mungrel, hehe. And my daughters have all those plus Maori, too!
jaycee replied
A bitsa like me ha.. thats awesome… yeah its silly that people are ashamed, we should be proud of where we come from :)
jennyfnf
Be proud of your true Romany heritage. You have arrived here as part of a great and romantic journey. I am a Heinz 57- I think…......:-)
jaycee replied
Thank you Jenny… yes I will hold onto that, and it does explain some of who I am.. so thanks for the beautiful words.
JayVee
This explains your wonderful artistic side. you can be very proud.
jaycee replied
awwww thank you Jayvee, that is so lovely.