I still have OS X 10.6.8. Am I going to have to purchase Lion before I purchase Mountain Lion?

I never upgraded to Lion (10.7.x), because I was told to wait for Mountain Lion. I didn't see much that really made me interested in Lion anyways.. Once Mountain Lion comes out in July am I going to have to purchase
Lion first, and then also purchase Mountain Lion..?

Yeah I have no idea what the answer to my question is. I am getting a million people saying that I don't have to pay, a million people saying I do. Here's what I've got:
I really do know everything about my laptop, but when it comes to the operating system I do not know a thing about it and I'm not getting much help haha. I have no idea if I have Snow Leopard or not. I got my macbook pro in 2010 never did any upgrades on it. I've been told 10.6.8 is Lion and I've been told it's Snow Leopard. I don't have a clue.

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