Suburban Woman Finds Out She's a Princess

http://articles.news.aol.com ^ | 9 19 06

[freepatriot32]

Sarah Culberson was adopted two days after her first birthday to a family in Morgantown, W.Va.

Culberson, here with her adoptive father, began to search for her birth parents at the age of 22. She learned that her biological mother had died from cancer.

A few years later, however, she found out her biological father is a ruling member of the Mende Tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone -- making her a princess.

Culberson visited the Bumpe community and started a foundation dedicated to rebuilding Bumpe High School, which was destroyed during Sierra Leone's civil war.

Now 30, Culberson said being a princess means helping her people. "The title princess means responsibility, and that's what I'm taking on," she said.

[truthkeeper]

Funny, I know a lot of suburban women who are princesses.

(Not me, of course.) :-)

[TASMANIANRED]

Princess of poverty.

[Hoodlum91]

That she recognizes the responsibility with the title and is doing something about it speak volumes of her adoptive parents.

[Joe 6-pack]

This story sounds all too familiar. I wonder if she has a twin brother...

[Dark Skies]

She has a great smile!

[SJSAMPLE]

"Yay, I'm a princess!!!"
"Where?!"
"Awwww, Sh!t!!!"

[lesser_satan]

Damn, not a bad looking woman!

Bumpe for later.

[randog]

Now 30, Culberson's settled from the shock of meeting her father and learning about her family. She's started a nonprofit foundation for her father's community.

Gosh, and here I was thinking she was going to stage a triumphant return to Sierra Leone to take her rightful place at the throne and lead her people out of war and into peaceful prosperity. I guess sending a few charity bucks from afar is a good compromise.

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[CertainInalienableRights]

Agreed on her smile, but that last pic shows her with "Sideshow Bob" hair.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Royalty does not exist in the USA.

[Xenalyte]

"The title princess means responsibility, and that's what I'm taking on," she said.

Actually, it doesn't. It may connote responsibility, or carry with it an implication of responsibility, but it doesn't MEAN that.

[ryan71]

"Her father, a ruling member of the Mende Tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone"

Princess? He he.

If she behaves she may someday be the "queen" of somebody's double wide trailer.

[ryan71]

"Her father, a ruling member of the Mende Tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone"

Princess? He he.

If she behaves she may someday be the "queen" of somebody's double wide trailer.

[ryan71]

"Her father, a ruling member of the Mende Tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone"

Princess? He he.

If she behaves she may someday be the "queen" of somebody's double wide trailer.

[Alter Kaker]

"Yay, I'm a princess!!!" "Where?!" "Awwww, Sh!t!!!"

Give her a break. She grew up in West Virginia. Sierra Leone is a step up.

[coconutt2000]

Now 30, Culberson's settled from the shock of meeting her father and learning about her family. She's started a nonprofit foundation for her father's community.

As happy as her biological father may be at finally meeting his daughter, I imagine if she'd been uneducated, adopted into a dirt poor, subsistence farming family in Eastern Europe or Souther Asia, the welcome would've been less enthusiastic.

From her biological family's viewpoint, and that of her tribe, she's more royal than the usual royal family because she's an American. Money speaks, and access to money speaks almost as loudly.

Glad to see that she's making an effort to try and do some good for them, and I hope she's smart enough to actually do some good with her efforts.

[SJSAMPLE]

LOL.

Really, it's Africa.
How many heads did her father have to sever in order to become a "king"?

[SquirrelKing]

That she recognizes the responsibility with the title and is doing something about it speak volumes of her adoptive parents.

I agree. Neat people.

Cool story.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

I agree; her adoptive parents must be wise and good people. This situation could be a godsend for her tribe, if she really does shoulder the responsibility and continue to work for them. (And raising money IS important; how is she supposed to fix their schools, infrastructure, etc. without it?) Good on her!