Transcript
哎,其實我最近才知道我的爸爸的媽媽的媽媽家庭其實跟我沒有真的關係。哎,其实我最近才知道我的爸爸的妈妈的妈妈家庭其实跟我没有真的关系。
在我爸爸的媽媽也就是我奶奶那個年代,在我爸爸的妈妈也就是我奶奶那个年代,
因為臺灣人的生活非常的窮,所以他們沒有錢。因为台湾人的生活非常的穷,所以他们没有钱。
如果你生了雙胞胎,就是2個孩子一起出生的話,如果你生了双胞胎,就是2个孩子一起出生的话,
他們沒有錢照顧2個孩子,他們就會把其中一個孩子送給別人或者是賣給別人。他们没有钱照顾2个孩子,他们就会把其中一个孩子送给别人或者是卖给别人。
那我奶奶就是那個被賣掉的孩子。那我奶奶就是那个被卖掉的孩子。
那我的曾祖母為什麼要買我奶奶呢?那我的曾祖母为什么要买我奶奶呢?
這也是一個那個時候社會很常見的迷信。这也是一个那个时候社会很常见的迷信。
所以在她買我奶奶以前,她懷孕很多次,可是每一次都流產都失敗。所以在她买我奶奶以前,她怀孕很多次,可是每一次都流产都失败。
那個時候的人相信必須要打破這個不好的循環,那个时候的人相信必须要打破这个不好的循环,
所以呢,她就買了我奶奶,把她當成她的自己的第一個孩子,所以呢,她就买了我奶奶,把她当成她的自己的第一个孩子,
所以她就有了一個好的開始,一個第一個孩子。所以她就有了一个好的开始,一个第一个孩子。
以後呢,她就可以比較容易有自己第2個第3個孩子。以后呢,她就可以比较容易有自己第2个第3个孩子。
而事實上,我的曾祖母也確實在買了我奶奶以後,後來又有了3個她自己的孩子。而事实上,我的曾祖母也确实在买了我奶奶以后,后来又有了3个她自己的孩子。
等一下,那你奶奶知道她自己是被賣掉的嗎?她不會氣她父母嗎?等一下,那你奶奶知道她自己是被卖掉的吗?她不会气她父母吗?
呃,這個又是另外一個故事,這個故事我們可以下次再說。呃,这个又是另外一个故事,这个故事我们可以下次再说。
Vocabulary
- 年代 (niándài) – Era / Period / Decade
- 双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi) – Twins
- 出生 (chūshēng) – To be born
- 曾祖母 (zēngzǔmǔ) – Great-grandmother (father’s father’s mother)
- 迷信 (míxìn) – Superstition / Superstitious belief
- 怀孕 (huáiyùn) – To be pregnant
- 流产 (liúchǎn) – Miscarriage / Abortion
- 循环 (xúnhuán) – Cycle / Circulation / Loop
- 确实 (quèshí) – Indeed / Truly / Reliable
Translations
Hey. Actually, I only found out recently that my dad’s grandmother — his mom’s mom — isn’t biologically related to me. Back in my grandmother’s generation — my dad’s mom — life in Taiwan was really hard and poor. So if someone gave birth to twins — two babies at the same time — they often couldn’t afford to raise both. In those cases, one of the babies might be given away, or even sold to another family.
And my grandmother was one of those babies who was sold.
Now, why did my great-grandmother — the woman who raised my grandmother — buy her? Well, that’s another part of the story that ties into the superstitions people believed in at the time. Before buying my grandmother, my great-grandmother had been pregnant many times, but every pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. People back then believed that this kind of “bad cycle” needed to be broken.
So, she adopted — or “bought” — my grandmother and raised her as her own first child. The idea was that by having a symbolic first child through adoption, her own future pregnancies would be more successful. And it turns out… it worked. After she adopted my grandmother, she went on to have three biological children of her own.
Wait — did your grandmother know she was sold? Was she angry at her birth parents?
Well… that’s a whole other story. We can save that one for next time.