- Fideligna was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia.- She married a police vet (he was the vet for the police horses). - Together they had seven children, three boys and four girls. - They would have had many more had he not passed away in a car accident. -Fideligna was pregnant with their seventh child, a girl who'd later be named Stella and would become my mom.- She raised seven children on her own and was a very strong woman.- She lived with my parents and brothers when she grew older, always spoiling my siblings.- Though I never had the pleasure of meeting her I know I would have loved her dearly and I apparently inherited her hair though in the picture it is curled because it was the popular style at the time.