helen's daughter was called queen anne shattuck and, because of queenie‘s fair skin in contrast to her's dark complexion, the family have always suspected that queenie‘s father was white. for the first time, i feel i'm ready to find out more. it's my last day injamaica. i've decided to go to the birth and deaths registry in spanish town to see if i can find out more about my mother's great—grandmother, helen, and her daughter, queenie. that really wasn't what i was expecting. i didn't even think i would find queen or helen, and ifound so much more, but it's almost like i've got more questions. the more i find, the more i need to ask. i'm not quite sure how i feel about it, really. i'm heading back to the uk. my mum was queenie‘s favourite granddaughter, and now i'm going to tell her what i found out about queenie‘s dad. hello! oh, you're so dark! so you visited queenie‘s tomb, then? yeah. 0h. i said hello from you. what did helen look like? from my memory, she was quite dark. she was darker than i was with really striking features, really striking black features, which my grandmother,