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It was 27th<\/sup> of June 2020, when I had a notification from a friend on my phone, asking me if I could talk to him. He had a surprise for me. I told him to call me after an hour as I was doing grocery shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I called him, he said he has found a Moton in Jetpur who would like to talk to me.\u00a0 Next thing I know, he was on the phone and I asked him if he could speak Memoni and he said yes.\u00a0 So, we started the discussion in Memoni.\u00a0 He said his name was Anwar Latif Alimohammad Kasim Moton and that he was 54 years old. I told him my name was also like his name, Anwar Mohammad Abdulkarim Kasim Moton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally my friend was able to go to the old \u2013 Home (Dheli \u2013 Haveli) of Motons with Anwar, where my forefathers lived and talked to the existing occupants of the Dheli. Thanks to him for arranging this surprise via WhatsApp. To my surprise they are also Motons. I felt like there is no change in the living standard and they are living with the same style. One of the cousins of the family, Shabbir Rafiq Alimohammad Kassim Moton as well as Anwar Latif Alimohammad Kassim Moton showed me around in their home over WhatsApp. I felt like I was in the old Moton\u2019s home where probably my Great Grandfather Ayoob bhai or may be his Dad Ghani bhai who was the first person we know started the Surname Moton, lived with his family. Ghani bhai\u2019s Dad Juma bhai was also mentioned in the book by Yahya Hasham Bawany, \u201cMy Jetpur\u201d was probably the first Memon in our Moton family who came and resided in Jetpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They told me they had 3 houses in the Dheli and now they have 5 for many members of the family. I knew from my Dad, that their house had 3 separate units, one belonging to each of the brothers of my Granfather: 1) Abdulkarim Kassam, 2) Noormohammad Kassam and 3) Shakoor Kassam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"