Why didn't they tell me I was black? Part 2

It took years for Lacey Tezino to discover the truth about her parents – what she found out would upturn everything she thought she knew about her own identity.

When Lacey left her rural Texan hometown and went to university in metropolitan Houston, her African American roommates informed her in no uncertain terms that she was black. This raised some fundamental questions for Lacey – she had been raised by a white family, who led her to believe that her father was white, and her mother was Hawaiian, and had died when she was a baby. But it was clear that Lacey looked much more like her new black friends. What followed was a deep dive into everything she'd been told about her parents, and her origins, with truly shocking results.

This is part two of Lacey's story. Part one is available via the Outlook website.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producers: Rebecca Vincent and Tommy Dixon

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Lacey Tezino smiles warmly at the camera against a plain grey background. She is black, with shoulder-length wavy hair, and is wearing a pink satin top. Credit: Lacey Tezino)