We revisit two iconic covers and reconnect with the families who brought them to life
Three years after their move to Chapel Hill, the Adigun family was featured on the cover of the 2017 Visitors and Relocation Guide, posing for photographer Briana Brough in front of the iconic Chapel Hill mural by artist Scott Nurkin. Dr. Chris Adigun and Yomi Adigun’s family of five was about to become six, with Chris just months away from giving birth.
Today, the family has grown into a full team of sports lovers. Youngest child Jacqueline Adigun, 9, loves tennis and soccer. Nylah Adigun, 12, plays basketball and shares a love of volleyball with her 15-year-old sister, Naomi Adigun. Naomi has also found an interest in musical theater. “That was fun for her to branch out and try something that was maybe not on a court or a field,” Chris says. The girls’ older brother, Julian Adigun, 17, is still on the court and has committed to play basketball at Harvard University next year.
Chris, who opened Dermatology & Laser Center of Chapel Hill in 2016, has seen changes at her private practice as it expanded and moved into a larger space. She and Yomi bought land across from Chatham Downs in January 2020 to build a new location just a mile from their previous spot in Briar Chapel. “The community and that area had received me so positively,” Chris says. “The last thing I wanted to do was then leave the community that had helped my practice become so successful.”…