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Kenya Moore introduced her seven-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, to her mother, Patricia Moore, during a recent visit to Detroit.
In an update shared to social media, the 55-year-old Real Housewives of Atlanta alum confirmed that after a years-long estrangement from her mom, she and Brooklyn, who she shares with ex-husband Marc Daly, traveled to Detroit, Michigan, to attend the 95th birthday of her grandmother, where Brooklyn met her mother for the very first time.
“I haven’t, like, processed it all yet, but I went to Detroit yesterday to celebrate my grandmother’s — my mom’s mom’s — 95th birthday, which is huge. So she is 95 years old. She’s doing great. She looks amazing. She doesn’t have a wrinkle on her face,” Kenya began amid a March 1 livestream on her YouTube Channel. “She knows everyone. She’s alert. She literally doesn’t seem like she’s aging at all, and it was just a really beautiful moment with my family.”
According to Kenya, the experience was overwhelming for her since she was able to connect Brooklyn with her mom.
“I’d talked [about] her before, you know, in a positive light, and she had been sending Christmas gifts and birthday gifts to Brooklyn. And so, you know, if anyone knows the real me — not what the blogs say — they know I have a special place in my heart for anyone who is kind to my child,” Kenya explained.
Although she noted that she and her mother “have [a] history that is not necessarily pleasant,” she believes she’s done everything she needs to in order to move forward, including forgiving.
“I think when you don’t forgive people, it holds you back. I think forgiveness is more for yourself and not for the other person, and I feel like, obviously, I would be very cautious in moving forward, but I was just happy that they could make that genuine connection,” she explained.
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Following the visit, Kenya said Brooklyn asked her, “When can I spend time with grandma?”
“It really touched my heart, and it really made me feel like anything is possible,” she admitted before getting emotional.
“I just want to say thank you, God, for, like, putting myself and my family on the path to healing and giving my daughter an opportunity to know her grandmother in the best part of her and to make her own decisions on if she wants to have a relationship with her mom in her own time … I just wanted to thank God for the blessings and for family cuz no matter what, family is not going to go anywhere,” she noted.
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Continuing on, Kenya said she hopes to post more videos and pictures from the party in the near-future.
“It was a happy moment. It was a great moment,” she added. “I’m so happy to see my grandmother’s doing well. I’m so happy to be a part of the family. And I’m happy for my daughter because my daughter loves family. She is obsessed with family, obsessed with being together. She’s just such a loving and empathetic person, and I don’t want to interfere in her own choices in her life and her own discernment and judgement.”
Kenya Moore was featured in a full-time role on The Real Housewives of Atlanta from season five through season 10 and from season 12 through season 15.