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39 Years Ago, Her Father Forbade Her From Being With a Black Man – Today, They Finally Tied The Knot

Their parents forced two hopelessly in love adolescents apart. They rediscovered each other again nearly four decades later.

Penny Umbers and Mark Bethel met in a private school in Nottingham, England, in the late 1970s, and they fell in love.

After Bethel returned to the Bahamas, they kept in touch through exchanging love letters, poems, and paintings. Read the full story here ▶