For those of you that don't know, my family is really big. I mean really, really big. Both my mom and dad have a lot of aunts and uncles so that gives them a lot of cousins. I can't even begin to count how many there are. But this is normal. All Indian families have ginormous families. I meet new family members very often and now, thanks to Facebook, I meet them even more often!
Our family is also spread out all over the world. From California to England, Canada to Trinidad, every where I turn, there's someone I'm related to! If you think about it, I probably have ancestors in India that I don't know of. If my great great grandfather migrated from India to Trinidad, what if he left behind some brothers and/or sisters in India? If so, that means I have distant cousins in India! I could be related to the Bachchan family! I wonder if that would make me rich...
Before I forget, I love my family and I love being part of my family. I don't mean to call anyone fat by the title of this blog. I just wanted to emphasize the amount of Indians there are that are related to me. However, I do see a trend in big bellied Indians as age increases. This is only because we have delicious food. Here's a new word to add to your Trin-glish dictionary:
Dahl-belly Indian: [dall beh-lee indian] equivalent of a beer belly or beer gut in the US.
But that's a whole other post! :)
The following picture was taken this summer. This is probably not even a quarter of my family. It would be very difficult to get everyone in one spot from both parents' side.
There is never an end of the line to your family. It keeps going on and on and on whether we know about it or not.
So how far back have you gone into your family tree? Feel free to share your experiences!
Our family is also spread out all over the world. From California to England, Canada to Trinidad, every where I turn, there's someone I'm related to! If you think about it, I probably have ancestors in India that I don't know of. If my great great grandfather migrated from India to Trinidad, what if he left behind some brothers and/or sisters in India? If so, that means I have distant cousins in India! I could be related to the Bachchan family! I wonder if that would make me rich...
Before I forget, I love my family and I love being part of my family. I don't mean to call anyone fat by the title of this blog. I just wanted to emphasize the amount of Indians there are that are related to me. However, I do see a trend in big bellied Indians as age increases. This is only because we have delicious food. Here's a new word to add to your Trin-glish dictionary:
Dahl-belly Indian: [dall beh-lee indian] equivalent of a beer belly or beer gut in the US.
But that's a whole other post! :)
The following picture was taken this summer. This is probably not even a quarter of my family. It would be very difficult to get everyone in one spot from both parents' side.
So how far back have you gone into your family tree? Feel free to share your experiences!
2 comments:
I come from a big family myself, I have 6 sisters, no brothers. Mostly of us are in US and the rest in Lima,Peru (South America)
My Dad had 3 sisters and 3 brothers and my Mom had 3 sisters, only one aunt on my Dad's side still with us and on my mom's side,all my aunts have passed away. Have many cousins and nephews, lost count how many..
My ancestors came from Spain and Brazil and like most of Peruvians we have the Inca blood as well..
For us, family is everything and we try to keep in touch no matter where everybody is...
Thanks for sharing your story about your family..
Yes I love my big family! And its so great that that is something both our families have in common :) And I absolutely love indian food! I love you family too, good people!
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