Dad Denied You On His Deathbed! | KARAMO

Dewana is my niece. All she wants to know is the truth. I know Venecia's father, Larry, is Dewana's father. Let me break it down for you. I knew Larry, Venecia's father, my whole life. My brothers were best friends with Larry. He was around our family before Venecia's family even came to the city. Venecia's father, Larry, was messing with my sister in their early 20s. And that's how she got pregnant. I remember his mother coming to my mother's house and she said that he got my sister pregnant. And my sister was pregnant before Venecia's mom was even in the picture. And I don't know why they're acting like he ain't her father. Diwana deserves to know who her father is. Venecia's dad is Diwana's father and the DNA will prove it.

Okay. So how do you feel about what was just said?

Listen, I'm not saying that. I never denied. I went by what my father said on his deathbed. He said he had 4 children, and on his deathbed he named us by our first, middle, and last name.

And there was no mention of Dewana?

And there was no mention of Dewana.

I gotta ask you, have you ever had a relationship with Dewana?

No.

So do you want Dewana to be your sister?

No.

Okay then. If she is your sister, do you wanna have a relationship with her?

I think that will depend. I think that depends on her too. It has to be mutual.

Got it.

I won't be mean-spirited at all. Of course. But I'm not saying that we're gonna sit down and have brunch.

Got it, okay. And what will you do if she's not your sister?

I'ma act like I'm on the Maury Show and run around and roll myself on the floor.

The cameraman that invented that run back is back here. He's ready for you, okay? Just let you know, he is here and ready for you. All right, everyone, I wanna hear Benicia's potential sister, Dewana's side to this story. So can we welcome her to the show? Everyone, welcome Dewana to the show. Okay, Dewana.

First of all, all this mess you out here talking about my family, I wasn't looking for y'all. Your mama came to my house to tell me your daddy was not my daddy. What place is that to tell a 12-year-old? She thought I was gonna run in the house and cry like a little girl? I'm only going by what my family told me, okay? And like I said, no, your father's not the only option. There is another one, okay? But I'm a queen. Lemme tell you, I'm being pulled by y'all. And them. You want me to be your sister.

You want to say, that's my big sister.

That's my big sister.

OK?

Look at me and look at y'all.

OK? Exactly.

You could call me a Foxy Queen, a Fox K. Y'all looking like some fat cats. OK? You put Foxy Brown in front of them, no, I don't look like y'all. No, I don't look— No, I ain't got no green eyes. I don't need no green eyes, but I wear this green real good. OK?

And that's my thing, I'm like, good for you.

Let me tell you, I'm not looking for no relationship with y'all. I don't care what the results is. I'm gonna continue to be me, okay?

Well, who's ever taken that from you, Dewana? For one— Who's ever taken that from you?

Who said anything got taken from me? I was raised with a boss, okay? You sit up there and I asked you for a picture the other day of this man. And I seen that message you left me 2 years ago. And I left it there, 'cause I wasn't allowed to.

What'd the message say?

The message said that it's a shame my family lied to me. It's a shame I feel rejected. It's a shame I feel unwanted.

That you feel that way, not me, right?

Yeah. You said to me. But let me tell you, I was never rejected. I was brought up in a house with two parents, okay? One was my godfather, the other one was my auntie, okay? Yeah, so I didn't miss out on nothing, okay?

It wasn't about the love that was shown. It was about the facts. If you're going to say something, back it up.

I gotta ask you, did he ever try to talk to you? When I turned about 18, 20, allowed in the bar, And he tried to talk to you?

And he came up to me and I looked at him, I didn't give him a chance. 'Cause at 12 years old, you had the chance to run your mouth, but you let that woman come tell you where your fucker been at. I was before your mom, I was before y'all. So if she felt that she was embarrassed about, it came before her. There was no relationship.

But you never came out before then.

Hold on, can I ask you a question really quickly? Did your mother, did you ever ask your mother about him?

No, I didn't. Like they said, I was raised with my aunt from day one.

Yeah.

And she, and my mom did go out, you know, and she was a partyholic. My auntie said, I'm taking, I'm gonna raise this baby.

Yeah.

And she was already pregnant, 8 months pregnant. 30 days later, she had her own bundle of joy. She's special, Venetia. She took me in there before she even had her own.

So you didn't have a good relationship with your mother?

I wouldn't say I didn't have a good relationship with her. My aunt always wanted to know, let me know who you related to. She didn't want my mom to feel like she was better than my mom. So she let me know, this is your mom, that's my sister, this is your dad. And so every time my mom would come or my sisters would come, I'm like, maybe I wanna go with my mom. Boy, when I went home, it wasn't, I didn't have everything down there that I had up here. And I couldn't understand it, so my mom took it like, you think you're better. So when I would get in trouble, she would say, you think Larry give a dang about you? I was like, is she saying Gary, is she saying Larry?

And did you have any potential relationship with him at the time? Like when he came down here during that time, There was no like take you out to lunch, do anything?

Nothing.

Nothing, okay.

So, and I feel like, and I'm not mad about the situation, but I'm gonna let your daddy and your mama and whoever stand on them words. You are not related to him. And if you say he told you before he died that he was not, why you got me sitting on this couch?

Because it needs to be resolved. It needs to be resolved.

But nobody—

And it's not about you. This ain't about you. This is about me. She came out with this persona that I'm this and that. I don't care about that. I really don't. All I care about is getting down to the bottom of the issue. I have never tried to put you down. I have never tried to talk you down. All I wanted was this resolved. I even came to you as an adult and asked you if we could get a blood test.

Okay.

And it was never, it was never reciprocated.

Why didn't you accept the blood test then when she said she was willing?

Because they didn't. Want a blood test. Okay, they got— she had money to do this DNA. I didn't care enough to take my little change.

Nobody asked you to pay for it. We could have went half and half. It wasn't— if it was about that, then you could have addressed that as an adult. You have never—

the way you came out here with disrespect is your mama, my mama, and your daddy. They should have handled this.

Exactly. And that's why I said to you, you have an attitude You with the wrong person.

Baby, I ain't got an attitude with you.

You got an attitude with me. You sitting there talking about my family.

That's enough for me to have an attitude.

Your family is white. Do you wanna get to know it?

Because he never stood up as a man and said that's my child.

Do you wanna have a relationship with her?

No, I do not.

You do not wanna have a relationship with her?

But she don't know me. So you can say, you're going off of what?

And it's not that I'm hating you.

What are you going off of? I'm gonna ask you this.

You weren't raised together.

Yes, and then we had all this rumors that there was a possibility. Nobody came to Kumbaya.

It was a dress.

Yeah, I get it, I get it, I get it.

What does it mean if I just said I came to you as an adult and said we could get this resolved?

I'm surprised I'm sitting here.

My parents came in there.

Well, what would these DNA results mean to you? What would it mean to me? Because I understand, hold on, let me say this. I appreciate the fact that you were raised in love even though the adults who should have been responsible mishmanage some of your life, and that is the truth. They mismanaged how they handled your emotions, they mismanaged things. But what I'm thankful for is that you still found strength, you still found pride, you still found love. Because that always doesn't happen like that. And I'm so thankful because I see your confidence and I see your beauty and I see your energy as you walked out here. But at the end of the day, there is still unanswered that you have. And no matter how confident we are, you deserve the truth. The little girl in you deserves that truth.

And I'm not gonna lie, like I said, I did not wanna come to this show I never thought I would be on this show.

Yeah, well girl, you made for TV, girl, so I'm glad you're here, girl. You made for TV, girl.

Even when we were talking about you not my sister, you are my sister, I was like, you know what, no, there wasn't mention of DNA. I said I do not wanna go to Maury's show for him to say, you are related to these fat cows.

I'm sorry, at the time, that's what I was going through. It's not that. We have never argued, DeJuana. 'Cause there's a lot of things that I can say about you. My weight, baby?

Don't bother me with that.

It's gotta bother you, but it bothers me.

Amen.

Amen.

'Cause it ain't weighing on my back, baby girl. You gotta carry that weight. You gotta carry that weight, not me, baby girl.

It's not the burden. That's right.

All right, well everyone, I want you to help me welcome DeJuana's Aunt Lauren to the show to hear her side of the story. Story as well.

Yeah, I'm the loud one, but Larry was doing my sister. It was before y'all.

Y'all cannot change it.

Y'all talking about hurt.

This girl hurt and she can't express her hurt cuz she trying to be so strong.

Cuz who want to be rejected? Y'all didn't want to be rejected.

Exactly.

Y'all didn't want to be rejected. I'm not going to— I'm not going to—

but your mother was 16. 16.

And she controlled everything. No, she didn't. He was a man, and you talking about he died because of this, roots and all that. No, he died 'cause he drank himself to death, right along with my brother. All that stuff y'all on is bull crap, Penisha.

So what do you want to happen today?

I want him to find out the truth.

I think it's time to unlock the DNA truth and get your answer.

Yes, yes.

If it is, it is, if it ain't, it ain't.

Yeah, it is.

That's the way it go.

In this envelope is the DNA truth. This is the truth that you had waited years for. And Venecia, you called the show because you said you needed this truth so that you can move on, so that you can find your answers and free yourself of this weight or move forward in the relationship. So this is not my truth to open, this is yours.

As John, you can understand why I don't wanna be— I don't wanna be in a relationship. It might not be, and if it is, I'll flip out. My biggest thing is I did this for results. For your life as well as mine. I have never approached you and said anything. I've never called you out of your name. I've never called you ugly. I've never said any of that stuff. I've never approached you like that. You threatened.

Only thing y'all was doing that was rude was saying, you're not my sister.

But I didn't run around and saying that. I said it to you and I approached you as an adult. I have never came to you as anything less than a lady.

And I was not looking for y'all to ever be my sister.

—system.

Okay, well I think it's time.

Okay, don't do that, don't do that. Y'all know I'm ghetto.

Anyway. Just all the way ghetto.

Anyway, exactly.

Well, thump your tail. It wasn't worth it. What does it say?

Jeez.

About somebody else.

I've just been waiting for this for a long time.

Yeah, what does it say?

What does it say for us?

Venecia, Di'Wanna is not your biological sister. All right, thank you. There you go. I'm happy too. We don't need this. There you go.

Now I see it too, yeah.

There you go.

Okay, y'all, we gonna have part 2. She got another one. Her mother ain't, this is wonderful.

I'm gonna tell you this. Do you have, first of all, I'm glad you got your answers. Me too. Because I know this has been years for all of you. The truth is, the truth is, is that, me though, the truth is, is that through all of this aggression and stuff, the pain, the hurt, the addiction, all of that, you got hurt in all this too. There's so much, everyone got hurt.

And that's what I was here to resolve her. I wanna carry on the rest of my life. I don't talk, I didn't call her no names. She came out here attacking me. I'm not that type of person. They can put that on me all they want, but I have never been that type of person. I don't attack people. I'm about love, I'm about unity. I'm about a whole lot more stuff.

Well, the beauty of this is that, the beauty of this is that, You both got your answers and this chapter is closed. It's over. But for you, but for you, but for you, Dewana, if you want— Where's the camera at?

'Cause she gonna put it on TV.

She like that. Newcastle. Y'all know what it is, right?

Yes. So you know who it is?

I do. Make a story short, we grew up in the same neighborhood. All of them. We're best friends. And we've always knew this, there was rumors with him and with them. And so we've always knew.

She was friends with the other side?

Yes, I'm very close with the other side. For that reason. We were raised like we're blood sisters. Okay. And we've always knew. Now, as I'm here at the show, the auntie's saying, I don't know why she there 'cause my brother is her dad. I told my daughter, what she say? The other auntie. Yeah, I remember that tabby lady used to be dressed like a animal.

I will tell you this, if there's a sister or brother on that side that wants to confirm, we'd be more than happy to support you. Because the thing is, at the end of the day, the adults, they said what they need to say, they had their truth, but the only truth that's going to matter is the DNA truth.

Yes! Yes, yes. Thank you so much.

So if you want our support, if you want our support, we're here for you.

I'm so happy I met you.

Yeah, I'm happy I met you as well. I love that name. Love you, thank you, thank you. I appreciate that as well. Listen, thank you for being with us, okay? She actually ran, y'all.

Y'all see that? She actually ran.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate you. Thank you. I'm glad that y'all took the leap of faith. Yeah, thank you so much.

I'm glad you took the leap of faith.

Thank you. Thank you.

I appreciate it. You just did a lot for your family by breaking that trauma. Thank you. So good job. Congratulations. See you later.