Ever since I met my maternal relatives few days ago, I felt so complete like someone reborn. I had never thought I would ever meet them, not even in dream but then God did His work and now I was already getting used to them. They were really loving and caring.

When they asked about my mother, I had told them she died long ago. They became sad, hence they told me more about her, how she met my father, and how she ran away with him just because she was told she would never be allowed to marry an Igbo man.

I was shown some of her pictures with...