My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.
I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.
I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopted her son, and so my nephew became my brother. He was three years older than me, so through him, I was exposed to hip-hop.
My childhood was kind of complicated. I have an older sister, but my father, my mother's husband, died when I was four years old. So I only had my mum and sister, really.
My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.
I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died.
And my little sister died when she was 16.
I grew up in a family of nine kids.
I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.