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<\/a>Behind my dad is his brother (half brother, but still my uncle) Henry, back row middle is my cousin, Stephen (son of Sandy (and my uncle Ormond, Guyanese via Asian subcontinent not pictured)) and the lady in pink is someone I met once (who is also related somehow) but can’t remember. \u00a0They all look the same to me.<\/p>\n
If you are thinking that is a healthily mixed ethnic looking, mostly Chinese family, you would not be wrong. \u00a0 Lots of Caribbean families look like this and my dad and his family grew up in Guyana . \u00a0 A long way from mainland China, which kind of explains why I don’t speak Chinese and am different to the majority of the Chinese in the UK. \u00a0They don’t have a black uncle! \u00a0And they don’t know about cricket.<\/p>\n
Which brings me back to Seth and Pearl, in the north of England. \u00a0 Blackburn is known as a racial hotbed in England, rightly or wrongly (ahem, rightly). \u00a0My mate, Richard, lives and works there, buying and managing properties. \u00a0He is the only black man within a 12 mile radius.<\/p>\n
It is funny to think that my one day old, very English and white northern niece and nephew have a Chinese Elvis for an uncle, a black great uncle and an Indian 2nd uncle. \u00a0Welcome to the world!<\/p>\n
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I became an uncle yesterday to Seth and Pearl. Lovely twins. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, they are the offspring of my other half’s brother and his partner. Both were 4 lbs and a bit and are today in an incubator, doing well. It is nice to be an uncle, because you get to do the … Continue reading Seth and Pearl<\/span>