My friend told me that she is afraid that her family and her people will not accept her children as one of them because they are not full blood Nigerian. She is, her husband is not. Does anyone know if this is true? and if so, why?

Thanks.

-C

This is mumbo jumbo talk to me, it cant be true, unless the parents are racist.

this is a lie, thats how they spoil our names over there

Thats what I was told. Shes afraid that her kids wont be accepted when she returns home for family events and Nigerian conventions here in the states. She said they may treat her and the little ones as outcasts. Maybe shes using that as an excuse to get out of something, or perhaps its just the way her people are. I have no clue.

they should learn about their heritage, you or your friend cant be waiting for them to know it by accident or for outsiders to teach them what it is.

in this case, since she is the one who is nigerian, not her husband, then no, they will probably not be fully accepted.

they should still learn the aforementioned though, unless you want to raise them in their father's culture, or the culture where they are now.