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Sarah Culberson was adopted and raised by a white family in West Virginia and uncovered a rich history in her search for her birth family.
NBC Newsreported at the age of 28-years-old, Culberson began her search when she learned her biological mother died when she was only 11. After a phone call from an uncle, she learned she was related to African royalty. According to the news outlet, she is from the Mende tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone, and is considered a mahaloi, the child of a paramount chief. This makes Culberson the princess of the Bumpe village.
By Chris and Rosie
Dec 18, 2020
Sarah Culberson didn’t start searching for her biological family until she was 28 and when she found them, it changed her life forever. She was adopted as a baby by a white family in West Virginia and she didn’t know anything about her birth parents and in her quest to find them, she learned that she’s African royalty.
Her biological uncle called with the news that her family is a ruling Mende tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone. Sarah is considered a mahaloi, the child of a paramount chief and that makes her the princess of the village. Her mother died when she was 11, but her father and brother are still in the village and she made her first visit to Sierra Leone in 2004 to meet them.
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