#theo!!

He was born and raised in Germany, his father, an Englishman, left when he was very young so his mother raised him on her own. His mother is very kind and caring and tried to keep any danger away from Theo his whole life. He became a mothers-boy (if that is a word in English?) and never really left her side.

When he was around 19 in 1775 his father however reached out to his family, hoping to rebuild his relationship with Theo. His father suggested that Theo visited his father (and his new family) in England. Though Theo didn’t really like the idea of traveling to a new country he has never visited and didn’t speak the language of on his own, he decided to visit his father.

There things weren’t as fun for him, his father introduced Theo to his half siblings, who weren’t nice and picked on him for not speaking English, they would often make fun of the way he talks and his pronunciation of English words. His fathers new wife also didn’t think much of him, keeping her distance from him. His father tried to communicate with him frequently (he speaks some German), but couldn’t seem to really get into conversations with him. Theodor felt excluded from the world and would spend a lot of time alone. Despise his situation he would write to his mother, telling her about how great it is in England , not wanting her to worry for him.

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