Mommy

My mom's life

  • My mom's dad is born

    My mom's dad is born
    In June 19, 1951 Abera, my mom's dad is born
  • My moms mom is born

    My mom's mom, Yesha was born. She was the oldest of her siblings.
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    My mom's mom is in highschool

    At about the dates shown, my mom's mom was in highschool. It was during highschool that her and my mom's dad met
  • The Ethiopian Civil War begins

    The war began when Derg staged a coup d'état against Emperor Haile Selassie. I believe this is the war my moms dad, Abera, fought in.
    This was when Hile Sillase, the former emperor of Ethiopia, was kicked off of the throne.
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    The Ethiopian Civil War

  • My mom is born

    My mom is born
    Frehiwot Abera Haylemariam was the oldest of 5 children.
    Picture left to right- Yeshihareg (moms mom), my mom as a little kid, and Abera. (my moms dad). Both of her parents had just finished highschool. Her mom later became an English teacher, and her dad became a police officer. (He later joined the army)
  • A new brother is born

    A new brother is born
    My mom's new brother, Dagnachew was born about three years after my mom was born. Picture- the boy in the middle is Dagnachew
  • A new sister is born

    My mom's new younger sister, Mihiret was born.
  • Moving to a new town

    whn my mom was 7, she and her family moved from Goba to Dodola. (These are both towns in Ethiopia)
  • Another Sister

    My mom's new sister, whose name once was Rosa, is born. (She changed her name later on)
  • The Ethiopian Civil War ends

  • Another brother

    My moms new brother, Frazer is born
  • Starting highschool

    My mom started highschool
  • Graduating highschool!

  • Done with highschool

    In 1999 my mom graduated highschool with a 4.0 GPA.
  • Nusing School

    In 2000, my mom started nursing school, and later became a nurse
  • Married!

    Ever so strangely, my mom and dad got married on 9/11!
  • Moving again!

    Moving again!
    In 2003, my parents immigrated from Ethiopia to Colorado in the U.S.A.
  • I was born

    I, Tinbit Yoseph, the oldest child of 3, was born.