Nollywood actress and filmmaker Mary Njoku has enlightened the public on the true meaning of relatives.
On a social media page, she said a relative isn’t necessarily family, but someone connected to you by blood. According to her, a relative is someone God gave the first opportunity to become one’s family, but some would pass while others will fail.
She explained that a relative becomes family when that blood connection is strengthened by love, loyalty, honesty, presence, and a genuine desire to see you happy and succeed.
“Your relative is not necessarily your family; there’s a huge difference.
A relative is someone you are connected to by blood. Someone God gave the first opportunity to become your family. They get the first interview, so to speak.
Some will pass. Some will fail.
A relative becomes family when that blood connection is strengthened by love, loyalty, honesty, presence, and a genuine desire to see you happy and succeed.
And when a relative lacks all these things. When they resent your happiness, undermine your growth, disappear when you need them, or secretly want to see you fail, they aren’t family.
They are simply a relative who failed the interview and, in some cases, a resident evil”.
