Tongan Kids & Teeth

We have never been able to figure out how these kids are related to our homestay family, but that is very typical in Tonga...families are so extended and 3rd cousins are considered brothers, so these little girls stayed over at our house frequently and entertained us with their antics. One thing that is pretty gross about the kids is that many of them have teeth that are literally black. Since baby teeth fall out, our best guess is that children here don't brush their teeth until they have adult teeth which results in some pretty nasty looking teeth! (Unfortunately, I don't have any really good pictures of the bad teeth!)