@@paulinefromfulham Exactly. I'm a Blackman with light skin . My Great Grandfather was White. That doesn't make me white but I also know that because of genetics I'm not completely Black due to my ancestry connect to my Great Grandfather European ancestry so I consider that to be mixed. Even though we identify as black , reality we are mixed
I think that at least one of her birth parents were mixed or light-skinned and actively passing for white and that they saw she was darker, and then decided to give her away since she was noticeably black. This is what I think the REAL story is!
I think the mom had an affair with a black man and didn’t know who the father was until she was born and that’s why she was given up for adoption. That honestly makes the most sense
If she would have gotten a dna test, it would have answered a lot of her questions. She clearly has a black father regardless of what her birth certificate says. Mom was creepin during the marriage.
She doesn’t have to take another test. What happened is her mother was with a black man and when the baby came out, the husband left simple as that to fix things the mother gave the child up for adoption and they had five kids after that .
I really didn't see a resemblance to either parent from the photo, especially around the nose. All they have is documentation.. written words. She should have a DNA test done to verify her true heritage. Perhaps she was given up because she was probably fathered by a man of color. She may be light skinned, but she does still look racially mixed. She has black features. My own family is racially mixed and are of different skin tones from really light to dark brown skin. She appears as a beautiful woman of mixed race.
My point axactly, most ppl forget that a lot of women were actually black but looked white end passed. U can see that her mom's hair was a bit afro like, she was definitely passing!
@@jeremiahsams2848 they do have children & in most cases, some of their kids can've African/mixed features like afrotic hair, tan skin & some of their children are just born white looking. There are so many documentaries u can find where ppl(especially white) find out that one of their great grand parents were actually mixed & then got married into white & then that's how passing continued. In today's world, it is rare to find somebody not mixed with some other race. Take for in fact, that some white ppl have like 5-10% black in them.
I was adopted. In my 20s, I received paperwork that identified both bio parents as white. Then, in my 30s, I reunited with my bio dad the entire family on that side. Family lore of my gg-grandmother passing, along with genealogical research that suggested the same, pointed to mixed ancestry. The research, later backed up by dna testing, showed that to be the case (descended from African American slaves on at least one line.) It answered questions for us. I would guess something similar for this woman.
While that is possible I personally do not believe her mother is mixed that lady looks like helga from hey Arnold I believe the mom had an affair with a black man that's why the father left once she gave her and only her cuz none of the other children were given up her husband came back and had 5 more children with her
No she’s not😂😂😂😂…… this is ridiculous to even put on the AIR. Y’all know her daddy black or one of those said white parents were mixed and marked themselves as white🙄
Exactly! That man on that pic is definitely not her biological father. Mommy is either of mixed race or must've stepped out & get some chocolate & that's probably why she was given up for adoption. Her nose is nothing like her Daisy's & clearly nothing like her husbands.
Verda is black. Back in the day, errors were made whether deliberately or not when the race/colour was being determined by the hospitals, census takers, etc.
facts like maybe the mom didnt know who the daddy was so they are both recorded aas her parents but as she aged she was clearly mixed so they gave her up. Horrible smh lol
This is the comment I was looking for! This is exactly what happened often! They were not able to speak up and correct anyone. Happened with my family on the census. They classified them as "mulatto" and they were not at all.
The only thing I feel happened, is that one of those people in the picture was with a black person, hence she was given up for adoption. That is the only thing that makes sense and what I feel in my spirit actually happened.
I think her mom knew she was going to be born half-black, and back in those days THAT in itself was a no-no, aside from the fact she would have been born illegitimate. I think her mother did the best she could and gave her up for adoption and she was adopted by a black family. But her biological father is not the man in that old picture lol! 🤷🏻♀️
That nose is NOT from having European ancestry. She's probably mixed and its ok to identify as such. By the way, MANY people of color are sunny pecan peach in skin hue. People of color come in all shades from the darkest skin hue to the lightest. As a women of color I know and acknowledge all ancestral mixture, not black, but mixed. I can tell you I have women in my family who look just like Verda. They are mixed just as she is. Anyone can see this.
We all share 50% DNA from both parents, 25% from grandparents and so on. The fact that both parents identified as white, doesn’t mean that she has no black ancestry at all.
I'm a brown American woman with Mexican and indigenous blood and my birth certificate (California) says "Caucasian." The reason for that is that their racial classifications then were only white, Caucasian, black or Asian and if the baby didnt fit any of those "race" classifications then they picked the closest one that fit. When my father passed away, we corrected his racial classification by stating his correct race which is "Native American" and that was very important to us because when he was born in 1915. his birth certificate was classifying him as "white" for race. It meant a lot to us to finally put my fathrrs correct race on a government document.
She is of mixed heritage. Perhaps the man listed on the birth certificate is not the biological father or one of the parents listed was of mixed race unknowingly.
Her mom must have Been white passing bcos if u look at her hair texture, her hair was afro like but not that much. Don't forget that back then being white passing was a way out for a better life and most white ppl today have about 15% blackness in them bcos in the past, some black ppl were passing bcos they looked white physically. Genes are extraordinary tbh and they play a huge part in physical looks. For example, back in Africa there is this two black couple who gave birth to a white baby with blue eyes and blonde hair and DNA was done to prove that the father was actually the biological father and that is proof that in this World, we might look a certain way but not knowing our genetic selves. A lot of Black ppl in the US have about 5% drop of white in them and not only US but every place where white ppl stepped on, they mixed everything even genetically. Sometimes the mother might have not cheated as most ppl say in the comments section but maybe even the father had a drop of blackness in him which played a huge role in how the baby came out looking like. We never know ppl! ❤
One of my girlfriends from undergraduate HBCU looks like a younger version of Verda. Her parents are very light skinned Black people. Yet her sister is about the same darker shade of brown as me.
This just proves, as scientists have acknowledged, that race is just a social construct as opposed to ‘ethnicity’ which is more relevant. All our DNA is 99% the same and skin colour is just a small part of it. The way we use the word black & white is really more about cultural stereotypes than anything else.
maybe the mom didnt know who the daddy was so they are both recorded aas her parents but as she aged she was clearly mixed so they gave her up. Horrible smh lol
But she definitely looks mixed to me. My great grandmother and this lady looks alike and my great grandmother was mixed. They lying to this woman. Or one of her parents definitely have black in them somewhere
I would not mistake her as white..I am an ol' Boomer black woman with brown complexion..My grandmother and her mother,my great grandmother looked like her and it was always rumored that my great grandmother's father was white;..still the black genes were strong.....As far as this lady's mother.." The Postman Rang twice"👍
If all of you were born in Puerto Rico, you will find out what it feels to be just a person, not a member of any specific ethnic group. I think most of us don’t even think about our skin color, is a very heavy burden to think about that everyday!!
It’s possible her parents didn’t tell her the truth she may have been a baby from cheating. Maybe that’s her real mom and the dad adopted her. Those days they would never admit they had relations with slaves. 🤷♀️
Hahaha she funny they funny she BLACK lol in New Orleans it’s called Passé Blanc, but her features wouldn’t let her pass. Skin tone yes but back then they went on color not common sense or DNA.
Bertha is neither white or black, she is mixed. A biracial person is neither black or white, or black or Spanish. One cannot disown his or her racial heritage. You cannot say I am white or I am black.
Someone get Ms. Verda an ancestry dna test. She is definitely of mixed race ancestry. Features are present that don’t match either supposed biological parent, my guess is bio mom’s husband was not the bio father.
I’m black, I know black people, and I have eyes… This woman is not 100% white. She may be biracial, but she is definitely black.
Let the one drop rule swing the other way for once
Agreed.
Bingo!
She’s fooling the British press but not us
Did she have a dna test? they don't say, only talk about documentation. It's really interesting. I was feeling the same thing.
She looks like a light skin black lady to me.
A light skin black person is mixed, Thats where the complexion comes from
@@Tcherno9521not every light skinned black person is mixed!
@@Tcherno9521 no we are not, a great great great white grand parent or parents doesnt make you mixed
I'm black, a light skinned black, I did my dna, I'm 43% mixed, white
@@paulinefromfulham Exactly. I'm a Blackman with light skin . My Great Grandfather was White. That doesn't make me white but I also know that because of genetics I'm not completely Black due to my ancestry connect to my Great Grandfather European ancestry so I consider that to be mixed. Even though we identify as black , reality we are mixed
that face says mixed race lol
I agree
I think that at least one of her birth parents were mixed or light-skinned and actively passing for white and that they saw she was darker, and then decided to give her away since she was noticeably black. This is what I think the REAL story is!
I think the mom had an affair with a black man and didn’t know who the father was until she was born and that’s why she was given up for adoption. That honestly makes the most sense
She needs to take another test
😂😂😂
She needs to take a DNA test.
I think she has African ancestry. It's pretty darn obvious
There's a lot of variation maturally😊
Yeah. I’m trying to figure out why they have not conveyed the percentage of her heritage?
So she's mixed@@lisapinfold506
I think she’s melungeon.
If she would have gotten a dna test, it would have answered a lot of her questions. She clearly has a black father regardless of what her birth certificate says. Mom was creepin during the marriage.
She’s definitely mixed. That man in the picture is not her father.
She doesn’t have to take another test. What happened is her mother was with a black man and when the baby came out, the husband left simple as that to fix things the mother gave the child up for adoption and they had five kids after that .
Lawd they still lying cuz that man not her daddy I’m sure that’s why she was given up! Mom had some Hersey kisses!
I really didn't see a resemblance to either parent from the photo, especially around the nose. All they have is documentation.. written words. She should have a DNA test done to verify her true heritage. Perhaps she was given up because she was probably fathered by a man of color. She may be light skinned, but she does still look racially mixed. She has black features. My own family is racially mixed and are of different skin tones from really light to dark brown skin. She appears as a beautiful woman of mixed race.
YOU NEED TO STOP! LOL >< DEAD...
@@gloryhardin840That’s exactly what I feel happened.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@gloryhardin840Well let’s not exaggerate now! 😂
She’s definitely bi racial
She is mixed l dont care
😂😂😂😂
There’s no way she’s white. I’m Mixed myself.. I can see it
Maybe her bio mom was black or mixed and passed for white. You never know.
My point axactly, most ppl forget that a lot of women were actually black but looked white end passed. U can see that her mom's hair was a bit afro like, she was definitely passing!
@andrewswanepoel7241 Usually, a person passing, doesn't have children.
@@jeremiahsams2848 they do have children & in most cases, some of their kids can've African/mixed features like afrotic hair, tan skin & some of their children are just born white looking. There are so many documentaries u can find where ppl(especially white) find out that one of their great grand parents were actually mixed & then got married into white & then that's how passing continued. In today's world, it is rare to find somebody not mixed with some other race. Take for in fact, that some white ppl have like 5-10% black in them.
I was adopted. In my 20s, I received paperwork that identified both bio parents as white. Then, in my 30s, I reunited with my bio dad the entire family on that side. Family lore of my gg-grandmother passing, along with genealogical research that suggested the same, pointed to mixed ancestry. The research, later backed up by dna testing, showed that to be the case (descended from African American slaves on at least one line.) It answered questions for us. I would guess something similar for this woman.
While that is possible I personally do not believe her mother is mixed that lady looks like helga from hey Arnold I believe the mom had an affair with a black man that's why the father left once she gave her and only her cuz none of the other children were given up her husband came back and had 5 more children with her
No she’s not😂😂😂😂…… this is ridiculous to even put on the AIR. Y’all know her daddy black or one of those said white parents were mixed and marked themselves as white🙄
Exactly! That man on that pic is definitely not her biological father. Mommy is either of mixed race or must've stepped out & get some chocolate & that's probably why she was given up for adoption. Her nose is nothing like her Daisy's & clearly nothing like her husbands.
Adoption papers don't contain a DNA report.
Verda is black. Back in the day, errors were made whether deliberately or not when the race/colour was being determined by the hospitals, census takers, etc.
facts like maybe the mom didnt know who the daddy was so they are both recorded aas her parents but as she aged she was clearly mixed so they gave her up. Horrible smh lol
This is the comment I was looking for! This is exactly what happened often! They were not able to speak up and correct anyone. Happened with my family on the census. They classified them as "mulatto" and they were not at all.
That's a whole black woman.
Right she doesn't look like a white woman at all but this entertaining.
The only thing I feel happened, is that one of those people in the picture was with a black person, hence she was given up for adoption. That is the only thing that makes sense and what I feel in my spirit actually happened.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 True! And she sounds NUTS!🥜
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂 i read it in an african american lady's voice
She's both black and white based on her features
Us black folks aint havin it 😂😂😂😂
I think her mom knew she was going to be born half-black, and back in those days THAT in itself was a no-no, aside from the fact she would have been born illegitimate.
I think her mother did the best she could and gave her up for adoption and she was adopted by a black family.
But her biological father is not the man in that old picture lol!
🤷🏻♀️
That nose is NOT from having European ancestry. She's probably mixed and its ok to identify as such. By the way, MANY people of color are sunny pecan peach in skin hue. People of color come in all shades from the darkest skin hue to the lightest. As a women of color I know and acknowledge all ancestral mixture, not black, but mixed. I can tell you I have women in my family who look just like Verda. They are mixed just as she is. Anyone can see this.
We all share 50% DNA from both parents, 25% from grandparents and so on. The fact that both parents identified as white, doesn’t mean that she has no black ancestry at all.
You are right, there are even full blacks with "white" skin and no white ancestry or mix.
I have seen white people with her nose and blue eyes.
@@kellyandrews8161my grandma looked exactly like you described. DNA tests showed her to be of English/Irish background - definitely white.
@@rhondamoore9842 I to have English Irish ancestors. She might even look like my relatives.
I'm a brown American woman with Mexican and indigenous blood and my birth certificate (California) says "Caucasian." The reason for that is that their racial classifications then were only white, Caucasian, black or Asian and if the baby didnt fit any of those "race" classifications then they picked the closest one that fit.
When my father passed away, we corrected his racial classification by stating his correct race which is "Native American" and that was very important to us because when he was born in 1915. his birth certificate was classifying him as "white" for race. It meant a lot to us to finally put my fathrrs correct race on a government document.
She is of mixed heritage. Perhaps the man listed on the birth certificate is not the biological father or one of the parents listed was of mixed race unknowingly.
You don't need to explain. I am certain a dna test was done.
@@kellyandrews8161You definitely know a DNA test was done.
That man is not her biological dad
She looks bi-racial. Especially in the photos.
Multiple outlets and none of them can come up with a ancestry test? SMH.
Her mom must have Been white passing bcos if u look at her hair texture, her hair was afro like but not that much.
Don't forget that back then being white passing was a way out for a better life and most white ppl today have about 15% blackness in them bcos in the past, some black ppl were passing bcos they looked white physically.
Genes are extraordinary tbh and they play a huge part in physical looks. For example, back in Africa there is this two black couple who gave birth to a white baby with blue eyes and blonde hair and DNA was done to prove that the father was actually the biological father and that is proof that in this World, we might look a certain way but not knowing our genetic selves. A lot of Black ppl in the US have about 5% drop of white in them and not only US but every place where white ppl stepped on, they mixed everything even genetically.
Sometimes the mother might have not cheated as most ppl say in the comments section but maybe even the father had a drop of blackness in him which played a huge role in how the baby came out looking like. We never know ppl! ❤
I thought this was the Onion News. No way!
White, black, mixed. As far as I can see, she's beautiful regardless.
Amen
One of my girlfriends from undergraduate HBCU looks like a younger version of Verda. Her parents are very light skinned Black people. Yet her sister is about the same darker shade of brown as me.
But why won’t she take a DNA test
Above average
That is most definitely her birth mother.❤
This just proves, as scientists have acknowledged, that race is just a social construct as opposed to ‘ethnicity’ which is more relevant. All our DNA is 99% the same and skin colour is just a small part of it. The way we use the word black & white is really more about cultural stereotypes than anything else.
Excellent point
💯💯💯💪🏽💪🏽
Ny Mom had Asian eyes and people thought she was from China, she was Scottish. Her hair was black and skin was white
I noticed that so many Scottish people have the epicanthic eye fold. It’s pretty cool.
My situation is the opposite. I was raised as white, but almost everybody thinks I'm biracial or multiracial.
It means you are related.
@@kellyandrews8161 related to who?
@@wlw82blu What you talking about?
A dark black person doesn't have these issues. Black is beautiful in all shades.
She thought she did not have that issue.
Untrue. Try being mixed 😢
She definitely looks mixed race. Beautiful either way
How is someone “raised African American“ as suggested in the title of the video?
She was adopted by a Black family and raised in the Black community.
The USA wants you to check the box. That is how.
After 70 years? 70 year olds don’t change
I think her mom was white passing
He nose says alot.
maybe the mom didnt know who the daddy was so they are both recorded aas her parents but as she aged she was clearly mixed so they gave her up. Horrible smh lol
She looks like her biological mother and her foster father, to me. Then all the pieces of the puzzle fits together. Anyway it's an interesting story
Thats exactly my take
her daddy black lol
Somebody’s fibbing 🤥 here this woman’s black
This is not a white woman like they say I know a black woman 😊
Its black people who are light like this, with no mixture at all
We come from the lightest to the darkest. A beautiful people ❤❤😊😊
Not true. You have to have something else to get that complexion. My complexion is similar, golden olive neutral, and I am over 30% other.
But she definitely looks mixed to me. My great grandmother and this lady looks alike and my great grandmother was mixed. They lying to this woman. Or one of her parents definitely have black in them
somewhere
Did she get an Ancestry DNA test to determine her actual bloodline?
Umm👀
Quit playing. That's a black woman.
Ermmmm… she looks mixed to me
She definitely looks mixed.
I would not mistake her as white..I am an ol' Boomer black woman with brown complexion..My grandmother and her mother,my great grandmother looked like her and it was always rumored that my great grandmother's father was white;..still the black genes were strong.....As far as this lady's mother.." The Postman Rang twice"👍
If all of you were born in Puerto Rico, you will find out what it feels to be just a person, not a member of any specific ethnic group. I think most of us don’t even think about our skin color, is a very heavy burden to think about that everyday!!
Speaking like a lighter skin Puerto Rican.
Did they do DNA?
I know they have great front porch, rocking chair, sweet tea/lemonade, looking out at nature conversation.
Who is they?
It’s possible her parents didn’t tell her the truth she may have been a baby from cheating. Maybe that’s her real mom and the dad adopted her. Those days they would never admit they had relations with slaves. 🤷♀️
@Pou1gie1 I think you are exactly right.
She is definitely of black and white heritage
Shes black. One of her parents is mixed. The mother maybe white and her Dad maybe mixed or both parents may be mixed but she is black.
Nah she mixed if you ask me.
Verda is saying she accepts being multi racial it really doesn’t matter
Who cares is her heart and soul good? That’s all that matters in my eyes.
Hahaha she funny they funny she BLACK lol in New Orleans it’s called Passé Blanc, but her features wouldn’t let her pass. Skin tone yes but back then they went on color not common sense or DNA.
- she darker than me…. 🤔
I no black , I no black Papi - Godfrey voice
she aint whiteeee.
Bertha is neither white or black, she is mixed. A biracial person is neither black or white, or black or Spanish. One cannot disown his or her racial heritage. You cannot say I am white or I am black.
Her Dad was Freddy Kruger?
Someone get Ms. Verda an ancestry dna test. She is definitely of mixed race ancestry. Features are present that don’t match either supposed biological parent, my guess is bio mom’s husband was not the bio father.
Looking like my grandma, she mix
I think the mom was passing. Baby came out black and they gave the baby up
She needs a DNA test prove that she came from both her mom and dad
race is not biological, don't be foolish
Shes biracial. I dont gamble but id put money on it
She needs a DNA test
What a relief phew
Her birth mother daisy was passing for white, look at her nose an hair
She definitely resembles her mother her dad in different video has a big nose. That side profile is misleading of that mans is prominent
Nice “hat”.
These stories are great-- they show the meaninglessness of color- they spent a lifetime loving one another, that's all that counts-
Who cares
How is one raised African American and what does biologically white mean?
That means she socialize as an african american and expose and experience black culture.
She's a white person with long hair just like white people 😂 She's lying to sell her book.
I don't think she's 100% white, there's got to be some Hispanic, native or something in her ancestry.
Try black.
I dont see any latino lol but i see a half black lady 😂
That momma is mixed race passing
She sure looks white to me, how did she think she was black?
her features
Only her skin is white yah...
Waaaaayyyy too much emphasis on race. Unfortunately, the ones that don’t want the focus, focus on it the most.
And whose fault is that? Your people is the reason why race is an issue to this day.