--- On Tue, 7/1/08, JOHN MONTEIRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One reason
> my mother was BORN in Bombay 7 Sept 1923 was that her
> parents relationship was out of wedlock, similarly my own
> mother's relationship with Casimiro Emerito Teles
> Jordao Rozo Monteiro was was also the same.
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Dear John,
I think I am exceeding my quota of posts on Goanet today but moderator I
promise this to be the last one.
Legitimacy, illegitimacy are all man-made labels foisted on people. Human
beings are much more organic and dynamic than society expects them to be. A
piece of paper does not legitimize the existence of a human being nor does it
give legitimacy to the union that created that human being. A person born out
of wedlock might have been conceived with much more love and passion than one
born within a marriage contract.
You have a wonderful story here to tell. Perhaps one day soon you should sit
down and write your family memoirs. Lives so rich and part of Goa's history
must be catalogued for posterity.
take care,
selma
