Devon Akmon

For Rose Shatter. Rose Shatter was my grandmother, my sitto. Born in 1926, Rose was one of seven children of Shafik and Bedelia Haddad; both immigrants from Lebanon. Despite coming from such a large family, Rose felt she was unique, and I agree. She would often attribute this and other characteristics to her breech birth. [...]

February 1926 – March 2011

This evening I spent far too much time conducting research on my family history. Given that both sides of my family immigrated to the U.S. within the past 100 years (mother’s family from Lebanon and father’s from Greece), you might think this would be an easy task. Nope. However, despite much frustration, I was able [...]