thank all for your replies. i guess i have to address several concerns here.
first of all, my grandparents dont agree with my mother not because of being Christian but because of being Filipino. of course she can convert later on since she's the only Christian in the family. but she cannot change her nationality. and i would say that my grandparents are really wrong for judging my mother. im proud that she is filipino and i love being filipino. i grew up with my mother and my mother's mother and many filipino people here in doha.
with what i have read in all your replies and opinions, i think the root problem really is my father. i think it is not our grandparents who cannot forgive them but it is my father who cannot forgive the people who judged him and my mother. maybe that is the reason why after so many years, he dont want to bring us there.
i realy realy want to go there and meet the people from my father's side. i only have 1 big dillema... i dont speak arabic. it was my father's decision for us to be speaking in english. of course, we speak my mother's language. my mother's mother is the one who took care of us. and even until now, she's taking care of my 8-year old brother. even my father speaks good tagalog. we use english and tagalog in the house.
thank all for your replies. i guess i have to address several concerns here.
first of all, my grandparents dont agree with my mother not because of being Christian but because of being Filipino. of course she can convert later on since she's the only Christian in the family. but she cannot change her nationality. and i would say that my grandparents are really wrong for judging my mother. im proud that she is filipino and i love being filipino. i grew up with my mother and my mother's mother and many filipino people here in doha.
with what i have read in all your replies and opinions, i think the root problem really is my father. i think it is not our grandparents who cannot forgive them but it is my father who cannot forgive the people who judged him and my mother. maybe that is the reason why after so many years, he dont want to bring us there.
i realy realy want to go there and meet the people from my father's side. i only have 1 big dillema... i dont speak arabic. it was my father's decision for us to be speaking in english. of course, we speak my mother's language. my mother's mother is the one who took care of us. and even until now, she's taking care of my 8-year old brother. even my father speaks good tagalog. we use english and tagalog in the house.