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100

This person has resided in two U.S. states outside of Maryland and 1 country in Europe in the past 3 years.

Who is Tsige Solomon?

100

This person has married 1 part of a set of twins.

Who is Kebad Tena?

100

This person recently resided outside of U.S. state lines.

Who is Abraham Nessibu?

100

This 4 Amharic letters refer to 4 important family members within our ancestry, and is used to our family name. Who are these 4 individuals?

What is Getinesh, Laqech, Weldegebriel, and Hailemariam? (Gelaweha) 

ጌጥነሽ, ላቀች, ወልደገብርኤል, ሀይለማርያም

100

This person had 32 kids

Who is Mattewos?

200

Exactly 13 months ago, this person was robbed at gun point by two gunman in October of last year.

Who is Dagmawi Alemayehu?

200

This person hosted Thanksgiving at their house for numerous years, preparing dinner, decorating the home, and opening their basement to the entire family as a safe and warm environment for the holiday. 

Who is Serkalem (Mamieye)?

200

This person's laptop can usually be found at any family event alongside his projector, speaker, and microphone due to the many jobs that he does for our family. 

Who is Sammy?

200

This beloved sister, mother aunt, and family member passed away in 2011. She was a mother to 7 children, 3 boys and 4 girls, some of who passed in various years ranging from the early 70's to the late 90's.

Who is Negede Molla? ነገደ ሞላ

Abiy Shiferaw passed in '73
Sihin passed in early '74
Abate passed in '92
Sileshi passed in '98

200

This emperor asked our ancestor how many kids he had.

Who is Emperor Minilik?

300

This person attended the same school for 9 grades, participated in 5 different sports, and took classes for 5 different languages. 

Who is Bemnette Kassa?

Beddow School (Pre-K to the 7th grade)
Karate, Swimming, Ice Skating, Basketball, Tennis
English, Amharic, French, Latin, Spanish

300

This person received a Certification from TESST College in 2007 and practices as a Certified Registered Medical Assistant today.

Who is Sefaketmashe?

300

This person won MVP in Hockey.

Who is Haile Eyob Nessibu?

300

This person was a government servant, was never married, had 4 kids, and supported many family members some of who he let live in house and attended school from there.

Who is Aweke Negussie?
አወቀ ንጉሴ

300
The name given at birth for this person translates to: "respected and beloved to thousands"

Who is Yeshimebet Yimer? የሺመቤት ይመር

(Bizuwerk Yimer/Emamaye)

400

This person produced, wrote, and mixed a song that was used in a video game.

Who is Estifanos Solomon?

400

This person was the first to marry her husband in Serkalem's home in Accokeek Maryland in the year of 2005.

Who is Fere Zergaw?

400
Standing at the height of 6'2, this person the same first initial as another person in the family.

Who is Solomon Kebede?

400

This person's mother currently resides in Ethiopia. This person is often called for a very specific job for most of our family events.

Who is Molla Gebeyehu?

400

The name of this family line refers to the ancestors of Bizuwerk Yimer. The line includes ancestors by the names of Welete Welde, Legas Faris, and Zenebework.

What is Ras Welde? (Welde Mengesha)

ራስ ወልዴ

500

Often times, supply and equipment for photography can be very elaborate, extensive, and rare to find in quite the correct assortment pack. This person's father is responsible for supplying an assorted variety of all of Bright Kaptures' lighting equipment in 2018.

Who is Ilelta Tezera?


(Tezera provided all of Bright Kaptures lighting!)

500

This person married a man with the same last name as her cousin's husband.

Who is Amsale Zergaw?

500

This person used to be a local political activist in Ethiopia, was imprisoned for a short time, joined the Ethiopian NAVY, became an airplane mechanic, then flew as a pilot for Ethiopian Airlines commercially.

Who is Alemayehu Kebede (Abayo)?

500
In earlier school years, this person's school used to have to call their mom to tell her that her child ate lunch too fast that he threw up.

Who is Melaku?

500

This person, who goes as far back as 5 generations up in our family tree, shares their first name with someone in our current family. 

Who is Zenebework Legas?

Mudie (Heldana Zenebework Shimelis)