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WHO IS THE REAL MOTHER TERESA?

Everyone knows Mother Teresa, who in 1979 won the Nobel Peace Prize.  She was born in 1910, became Saint Teresa of Calcutta in 1986 and  passed away in 1997.  I featured her five years ago and showed these photos : I talk about her again today because the following photo has gone through a couple of viral cycles purporting to be that of Mother Teresa at the age of 18: I was attracted to that shot because she reminded me of my wife Pearl at the age of 21: This is Mother Teresa at the age of 69 when she won the Nobel Prize: Here, Pearl's final photo when she was 69: In that posting five years ago I said: St. Teresa of Kolkata was born in Albania, now the Republic of Macedonia, left for Ireland at the age of 18, and then to India a year later.  She took her first religious vows in 1931 at the age of 20 while teaching at St. Teresa's School in Darjeeling.  She chose to be named after Therese de Lisieux, the patron saint of Missionaries .   While the above is true, here is where peo