The young man shown here had been raised from an early age by the elders on either side of him and was introduced to me as their son. He was fluent in the Emberá language and, as was apparent from the attention lavished on him by adult members of the indigenous group and the swarms of their children who surrounded him wherever he went, was much admired and beloved by the community as a whole. I had previously encountered Indigenous and Black communities along the Pacific coasts of Panama and Colombia living in close proximity, but while they generally mingled harmoniously, this was the first time I met an integrated family. Being part of a multi-racial, adoptive family myself, I found their deep affection for one another to be particularly beautiful.