A United States (US) soldier, Zainab James, has launched a public search for her Nigerian father, identified as Lateef Quadri.
The 31-year-old took to Facebook on Sunday to share old photographs of her father and her late mother, Claudine James, including one where Claudine was pregnant with her.
According to Zainab, her mother became pregnant in 1993, and she was born in 1994. Sadly, she lost her mother.
In her post, Zainab wrote, “Update: Mother’s name : Claudine James, born December 9, 1969 in Montego Bay, Jamaica (deceased), Hey All! A real shot in the dark but why not! My mom (pictured) got pregnant with me in 1993 (I was born 1994) while living in Brooklyn New York.
“I’m looking for my father or any of his family. All I know is he was Nigerian, possibly named Lateef Quadri or something like that.
“They didn’t have a long term relationship as he wasn’t present at my birth but he did choose my name. No one in my family met him either. Apparently she was friends with his sister who worked in a jewelry store with her.”
