By Alex Greig and Associated Press When David Good was a child and people asked about his mother, he'd give them an answer he knew would preclude any further questions: she died in a car crash. In fact, his mother was alive and well, only instead of baking cookies and helping with homework, she was barefoot and mostly naked, with sticks coming out of piercings in her face, gathering grubworms and roasting boa constrictors deep in the Amazon jungle. Good's mother was never the suburban mom she tried to be. Her name is Yarima, and she is part of the Yanomami tribe from Venezuela.
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David Good saw his mother Yarima for the first time since he was six in 2011
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She is part of the Yanomami tribe of Venezuela
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Good's father Kenneth Good met Yarima while an anthropology student studying her tribe
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Yarima lived in suburban New Jersey with Kenneth and their three children
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On a trip back home, she decided not to return to the United States
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David Good saw a picture of her in the Natural History Museum when he was 10
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He used to tell people she was dead because he was embarrassed, but is now embracing his Yanomami culture
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