🔍Gail's mother had a secret past that she kept hidden from her daughter.
📜Gail discovered her mother's birth certificate, which listed her as colored, contradicting her mother's claim of being white.
🤫Gail's mother had been passing as white, hiding her true racial identity.
🔎Gail confronted her mother, who initially denied the truth but eventually admitted to passing as white.
💔Gail struggled with her own identity and the realization that her mother had kept this secret from her.