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Disney is considering turning adopted biracial woman s royal roots into a movie

Disney is considering turning adopted biracial woman s royal roots into a movie CNN 11 hrs ago There could be a new princess in Disney s royal court. Nearly two decades after Sarah Culberson discovered that her father was the chief of a village in Sierra Leone, the West Virginia native s life story could finally come to the big screen. Culberson, who is biracial, was put up for adoption in 1976 at just a few months old, and was raised by a White family, the Culbersons, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her biological father, Joseph Konia Kposowa, is from Sierra Leone and is chief of the royal family of the Mende tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone, which makes Culberson a princess. Her biological mother was White.

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Disney is considering turning adopted biracial woman s royal roots into a movie

Disney is considering turning adopted biracial woman s royal roots into a movie
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In quest to find birth family, a woman makes life-altering discovery: She s a princess

In quest to find birth family, woman makes life-altering discovery: She s a princess Char Adams © Provided by NBC News Sarah Culberson saw the unthinkable during her first visit to Bumpe, Sierra Leone, in 2004 children wandering with missing limbs, schools reduced to rubble, entire neighborhoods destroyed or burned. This was no leisurely trip to the West African country known for its white sand beaches, though. Arriving in the small town of Bumpe, Culberson was taking stock of the land she would now serve as princess. “It was overwhelming. The reality wasn’t just, ‘I’m coming to meet my family and everything’s perfect.’ It was a reality check. This is what people have been living through. This is my family. How is this princess going to be part of this community and make a difference in the country?” Culberson said.

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