Long Beach woman, taken from her Indigenous Mom, discovers, meets Canadian half-sister
She weighed 4 pounds, 1 ounce, and was two months premature.
But the scoop, in some ways, was an excessive evolution of racist policies that dated to the 19th century. Mary Pearlene Simon-Baker was born on an Indian reserve in the Elsipogtog First Nation area in New Brunswick, about 800 miles, by car, from Toronto. They married and Wocinski treated his wife’s children as his own. It wasn’t until years later, after they divorced, that Yee’s siblings learned Wocinski wasn’t their biological father.
Various attempts to reach her adoptive parents through multiple means were unsuccessful, with McCabe having had no contact with them for decades. When she turned 18, McCabe caught a break in her lifelong investigation: She received a notice from the government telling her she belonged to the Elsipogtog First Nation.
And then there was the discrimination. When they went to stores off the reserve, Simon-Baker’s son wrote, the employees there told them they “don’t serve savages.”“At the age of 14, she was forced to give up her first daughter,” her son wrote. “At 17, her second.” The legacy of that abuse and isolation from family has been cited by Indigenous leaders as a root cause of the epidemic rates of alcohol and drug addiction now on Canadian reservations.
In 2007, she got her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies, philosophy and political science at Eastern Oregon University. She then moved to southern France, where she earned a master’s degree in marketing–management and economy at the University of Perpignan The appeal is obvious. A quick glance at Ancestry.com reveals stories of families reuniting generations after being torn apart by slavery, or children meeting their parents for the first time.“I had believed with all my heart that I would never be able to find out about my family,” McCabe said. “So it was amazing for Jad and me to find out about Sarah and her family. I was so happy.
Yee and her husband, with their two children in tow, flew into Los Angeles International Airport in early August. They rented a car and drove, through heavy freeway traffic, to Long Beach.“It was,” Yee said, “like greeting an old friend.”McCabe also gave Yee a gift: A tube of Dior 999 red lipstick.“I know; I’ve seen lots of photos,” McCabe replied. “We need to change that.”McCabe’s master’s degree has a specialization in luxury goods and fashion.
Their parents munched on cupcakes and talked about their circuitous paths to this moment. They complimented each other on their achievements and they laughed when Yee’s husband said they must be related – because they both liked to talk.
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