Why God gave me twins - Beyonce
Beyonce believes she was ‘‘blessed’’ with boy and girl twins to right the wrongs of her ancestor, a slave owner who married a slave.
The singer said she related the discovery about her family history to the arrival of her children, Rumi and Sir, who were born last year.
‘‘I researched my ancestry recently and learned that I come from a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave. I had to process that revelation over time. I questioned what it meant and tried to put it into perspective. I now believe it’s why God blessed me with twins. Male and female energy was able to coexist and grow in my blood for the first time.
‘‘I pray that I am able to break the generational curses in my family and that my children will have less complicated lives,’’ Beyonce said. ‘‘I come from a lineage of broken male-female relationships, abuse of power, and mistrust. Only when I saw that clearly was I able to resolve those conflicts in my own relationship. Connecting to the past and knowing our history makes us both bruised and beautiful.’’
Beyonce’s maternal family are Creole, from Louisiana, and she is believed to have French ancestry.
The 36-year-old performer gave the most candid interview of her career to the September issue of US Vogue, which she guest edited. She discussed the ‘‘crazy’’ pressure to regain her figure following the birth of her first child, Blue Ivy, in 2012, which led to her going back on tour only three months later while still breastfeeding.
‘‘After the birth of my first child, I believed in the things society said about how my body should look,’’ she said.
‘‘I put pressure on myself to lose all the baby weight in three months, and scheduled a small tour to assure I would do it . . . After the twins, I approached things very differently.
‘‘I was 218lb the day I have birth to Rumi and Sir. I was swollen from toxaemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section,’’ she said.
The babies spent weeks in intensive care.
‘‘My husband was a soldier . . . I am proud to have been a witness to his strength and evolution as a man, a best friend, and a father. I was in survival mode and did not grasp it all until months later.’’ - Telegraph Group