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The door to Fernando Garlitos’ home. Quezon City, the Philippines, 2020.

A stack of family photographs on the couch at the home of Marcial Garlitos, Jr. and Andrea Hicks. Brooklyn, NY, 2020.

Anna and Marcial Garlitos, Sr., the artist’s paternal grandparents, c. 1960-1970

Andrea Hicks and Marcial Garlitos, Jr, the artist’s parents, at home. 2021.

A trio of photographs at the home of Andrea Hicks and Marcial Garlitos, Jr., the artist’s parents, depicting Marcial Garlitos, Sr.’s high school class presidents; Anna Garlitos posing; and Marcial, Sr. and Anna Garlitos seated beside each other, ear

Marcial Garlitos, Jr. cleaning his father’s violin at home. Brooklyn, NY, 2020.

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Marcial Garlitos’ US military portrait. c. 1940s.

The home of Paeng and Evelyn Sto Domingo, the artist’s cousins. Quezon City, the Philippines, 2020.

A school photo, likely from Pangasinan High School. Marcial, Sr. is in the second row, second from the left. Date unknown.

Quezon City, the Philippines. 2020.

Outside the home of Fernando Garlitos, the artist’s cousin. Quezon City, the Philippines, 2020.

A snake plant that belonged to Marcial Garlitos, Sr. sits on the bedside table of Marcial, Jr. 2020.

Marcial Garlitos, Sr. playing the trumpet. He and his fellow musicians told folks they were Hawaiian because, in the word’s of Marcial, Jr., “No one knew what a Filipino was.”

Victoriano “Victor” Garlitos, the artist’s great-uncle. Location unknown, 1931.

Fernando Garlitos (grandson of Victoriano Garlitos). Quezon City, the Philippines, 2020.

On the bus between Manila and Mangatarem, the Philippines. 2020.

The Mangatarem Convent. Mangatarem, Pangasinan, the Philippines, 2020.

Mangatarem, Pangasinan, the Philippines, the artist’s ancestral homeland. 2020.

The home of Lorenzo Garlitos, the artist’s great-uncle. Mangatarem, Pangasinan, the Philippines, 2020.

Mangatarem, Pangasinan, the Philippines, 2020.

Marcial Garlitos, Jr visits his first cousin, Victor Garlitos, in hospice. Atlantic City, NJ, 2021.

The home of Fernando Garlitos. Quezon City, the Philippines, 2020.

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