Posted on 09/29/2005 6:13:56 AM PDT by lunarbicep
Add another name to the list of residents at the Cape Cod military base where evacuees from Hurricane Katrina are staying. But this one didn't need a plane to get there.
Dionne White of New Orleans gave birth Tuesday at Falmouth Hospital to a boy whom she named Cape Cod Bannister, or C.C. for short. It's the first birth to an evacuee staying at Camp Edwards.
"I named him that because I love Cape Cod," White told The Boston Globe. "Coming here has been a big break for me. It's like Christmas, just a big old miracle. And you don't get that very often."
White, 37, has 12 other children, ranging in age from 3 to 21. Four of them with her.
Three others, an 11-year-old and 9-year-old twins, were at White's sister's house in New Orleans during the storm. White says she begged rescuers to take her to her sister's home several blocks away to get her other children, but they could not. Denise Monteiro, spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, said the children have not been found.
"I am just praying and praying they are OK," said White.
One of White's children is in jail, another is living in Texas, and three are in adoptive care in Louisiana, according to Massachusetts state officials.
White said she plans to remain in Massachusetts where, she said, "everyone treats you with love."
Monteiro said that two houses, one in Hingham and one in Boston, are being considered for White's family.
"We have never, ever, all of us been together," White said, "so, that's my dream, a nice big old house in Boston. And all 13 of my children."
bump
And I doubt that your forbear's 13 children came from a number of different fathers.
Some may say that seems crazy, but at least she didn't stop at 6, for the 7th was my grandfather.
Of course, great granpa was also on the premesis (sp) and made all of his kids work at his construction firm, so they all turned out all right. I fear that this will not be the same for these kids.
Geeze,
Guess that big old Sugar Daddy in Washington D.C. has been financing her behavior.
That Sugar Daddy being me (taxpayer) of course.
Must be result of some strange West Virginia style situations (e.g. Mother and sister, or Father and Brother).
Its a strange world...
"This is really a matter of education, not economics,.."
On the other hand, we already give them many shots at education on our dime and they choose not to take them. Why should they when they can live on us for free? And they won't change their minds about that till the $ spigot runs dry.
So in that way its kind of a "chicken or egg" situation.
(/sarcasm)
Or even the same father?
You'd think at least some of them would be full siblings, if only through the law of averages.
"Asked about the seven who were adopted, White struggled to match names and ages, finally shaking her head sadly.
''I got so many children it's a doggone shame," she said."
This woman has had too many children, IMO.
If you'll check out the link in #10, you can see a picture of Ms. White and "C.C.".
Sad that we even have to think along these lines.
How about this:
15 yo mother, 30 yo grandmother, 45 yo great-grandmother, 60 yo great-great grandmother, 75 yo great-great-great grandmother. Once upon a time five living generations was nearly unheard of and made for front-page news.
That's six generations, because the 15-year-old mother has a baby.
I know more than one family with double-digits of children. Married couples, working, church-going, raising their children to be the kind of people we can use more of.
It's not the number of children that matters; it's the kind of parents they have. The 13 offspring in this article seem to have had, in effect, no parents worth the name, except for the ones adopted, hopefully by functional families.
I was directed to that in several replies already.
#10 was not yet posted when race was brought up.
Lemonjello, GREAT name for a kid. hahaha. Like Cape Cod!! hellO.
My mom worked for the county -- food stamps, welfare, etc. She had a list of funny names -- Latrina was one of the best. I think there was a Mr. Jones too (ie, first name).
No,it didn't give her race and usually I ask posters who make asumptions like that similiar questions.
However,three clues that she is most likely black.
1.She's from New Orleans-two thirds black
2.She is 37 and her first name is Dionne-she was obviously named after Dionne Warwick,a big star the year she was born,1968
3.She nicknamed her kid"CC",very common practice in black communities.
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