Isaiah Paul Johnson, Sr

Zeke's mom

Dess is a stylist at Clips and Snips, a local salon.

She is caring, but stern. She is a born-again Christian, but she is not flamboyant like many Black Christian moms on TV and in movies. Her personality is more grounded, resembling Jo-Marie Payton who played Harriet Winslow of “Family Matters.”

She is unassumingly athletic and she loves basketball. She might have gone pro but there was no WNBA then. Also, her strict parents objected to the short shorts.

Zeke’s brother, Keri's twin

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When Zeke and Mimi meet in 2013, the twins are nine.

"Mojo" is the studious twin, but Keri is the class clown. He had the opportunity to skip first grade, but Mama and Dad refused so Keri wouldn't feel left behind. They didn't know he accidentally overheard the conversation. 

Mo's "digging in the dirt" quickly becomes a deep love for entomology. Papa Zeke doesn't understand it and doesn't care to understand it. Instead, he pushes Mo to be more sociable. Mo is just as athletic as anyone else in the family, but he is uninterested like Mama. This aggravates Papa Zeke who thinks he is wasting God-given athletic gifts.

Mo often feels overlooked and ignored, so Munchausen develops. Eventually, he comes to terms with the fact that Keri's interests are more "high profile" than his.