Henrietta Lacks and Day Lacks had three surviving children, David ‘sonny’ Lacks, (The Eldest), Deborah lacks, the second born and Joseph lacks, the youngest, who ended up changing his name to “Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman. Even though the death of Henrietta had damaged and hurt the family with unknown and unanswered questions, the discovery that Henrietta’s cells were still alive stirred up emotions that were not the same between the lacks siblings.
All Deborah wanted to be was Mommas little girl. It took Deborah a full year to talk to Skloot about Henrietta’s cells. Deborah was a child when Henrietta passed away. She longed to know about her mother. So, when Deborah had discovered that cells of her mother were still alive she became desperate
All Deborah wanted to be was Mommas little girl. It took Deborah a full year to talk to Skloot about Henrietta’s cells. Deborah was a child when Henrietta passed away. She longed to know about her mother. So, when Deborah had discovered that cells of her mother were still alive she became desperate