Mother Teresa's family was sociable, and invited everyone from the poor of Sopje to the Archbishop to their home.
Mother Teresa's own mother Drana instructed her family always to "Be only all for God"
Although Mother Teresa's family was poor after the death of her father, Mother Teresa's mother Drana insisted on charity to the poor. The now fatherless family was constantly assisting those who had even less. Drana instilled Christian charity in her children from an early age.
Mother Teresa was christened Agnes. Her parents were Drana Bojaxhiu and Nikola Bojaxhiu. Her family was well to do until her father died. There is evidence to support the conclusion that he was poisoned.
Mother Teresa had an older brother Lazar and an older sister Aga.
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Sopje, Serbia. Her parents were Albanians. Her birthdate has been erroneously recorded as August 27, 1910 in many documents, which was actually the day she was christened.
