Maryann

Submitted by melungeongirl (Turkey), Apr 23, 2007 at 06:47

Thanks Maryann, I will be fine. believe me I am a strong woman. I totally believe that everything we go through in life is to teach us something. I have learned my lesson the hard way. My ancestors are called melungeon in the US. We are not really sure of our genetic make up thanks to paper genocide against anyone marked as free person of color in slavery days. We consider ourselves native American. Through DNA testing it is said that we have both Sephardic jewish and arabic markers. Supposedly some Turkish blood.

The reason I tell you this is because my whole life I have struggled with this.Trying to find my roots. I had some questions in my mind about our history, our faith in God. My thoughts are that maybe God let me come to Turkey so I could figure all this out. Because I no longer care exactly where my background came from I am glad now just to be American and fully CHRISTIAN.

I know that no matter what I say to you, you will make your own decisions. Which is why I wanted you to know how it is in Turkey and not just how my for now boyfriend treats me. If I tell you exactly what he is like now here in Turkey you will say, well he is just one man, he is not like my fiance. Which is exactly what I said before coming here when I read others posts.

So I understand. If you take any advice from me at all let it be this. If you do decide to marry and move to Turkey. Live in Turkey first for the 3 months your visa will allow. Then if he is still the same person you love and you are able to deal with living in a muslim society, great. I really hope that it works out for you. I will also repeat myself and tell you that my boyfriend painted me a lovely picture of flowers also that is before he actually got me here in Turkey.

Anyway I will post my real story as soon as I am back on American soil and will kiss the ground God willing. I assume you are a praying woman so your prayers that I will be back in the US safely very soon will be greatly appreciated God Bless.

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