Central American mothers: perspective on the fraternal relationships of their reunited children in the US

Abstract

For Central American transnational mothers and their children, reunification in the U.S. after years of separation represents the beginning of a new life. Many mothers understand the complications of integrating children and the formation of reconstituted families in a new home. In particular, newly arrived children must form critical fraternal relationships with the other members of their families.

In this article I explore how newly arrived children experience reunification with their siblings in reconstituted families, through the eyes of their mothers. It relies on my doctoral dissertation on transnational Central American mothers from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala who migrated between 1976 and 2018 and, years later, were reunited with their children (Castro, 2021).

Revista de Museología "Kóot" No.15 2024: 109-117