Quote:
Originally Posted by dalem
As can I. My mom's ancestors arrived here before there were laws (Mayflower, in fact), my dad's when there were laws and they followed them.
-dale
|
My father's side of the family came here in the early 1900's. My great grandmother (who lived to be 96) came here at 12 years old in 1912 by herself because her parents could only afford to send her. She was Irish and lived with an English foster mother who loved her. She went through the system and payed to come to this country. My great grandfather was from Georgia, his family had immigrated during the mid 1800's legally. He even signed up for WWI at age 35 but was turned down (my father has the original document).
My grandfather on my mother's side came from Czecheslovakia and went through the legal system and quickly assimilated refusing to teach my mother Czech. Her mother came from Bari in Italy and did the same also refusing to teach my mother Italian because it was from the old country and you don't need it in America.
Don't be so quick to make such assumptions, some people are really interested in geneology like my father who has tracked my family history back to the 1700's.
__________________
Sometimes things dont end up how they should, a son, a brother, a mentor, a teacher, a cousin, a nephew, a grandson and a god in my eyes.
Who knows what he more could have been...
Christopher Muzykant
April 9, 1976-November 4,2005
My Brother, Always and forever
|