My step Aunt's told me to say "if anyone asks why you're so dark, you tell them your Southern Italian!!
I can't make this stuff up!
Yeah, my Aunt Dora and Aunt Ida were my stepdads Aunts. They would babysit us often. We even lived with them for a little bit while my Mother was in physical rehabilitation after her brain tumor surgery.
Ah, nothing like teaching a 5 year old to lie about who she really is so the neighbors won't gossip about the little #darkie as I was called.
Oh the stories! I have so many!
