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Fri Jun-15-07 09:52 AM
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| 48. family arrived in South Carolina from Scotland as part of a penal colony. |
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I guess they were a bit too active in trying to overthrow the English. No surprise, we are all a bit rebellious at times.
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| -Nation of immigrants: who was yours? |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 08:55 AM |
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My mothers parents both immigrated from Czechoslovakia |
Richardo |
Jun-15-07 08:57 AM |
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Interesting; what year? |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 09:00 AM |
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Had to have been the late 1910s or early 1920s |
Richardo |
Jun-15-07 09:07 AM |
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None of the above |
hobbit709 |
Jun-15-07 09:00 AM |
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thanks--I added a catagory for special cases. n/t |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 09:01 AM |
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one of my great-grandfathers came over from Norway |
nickinSTL |
Jun-15-07 09:00 AM |
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one of my great-great grandparents were German farmers. |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 09:06 AM |
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I had a number of German ancestors too |
nickinSTL |
Jun-15-07 12:27 PM |
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Parents came from India. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jun-15-07 09:00 AM |
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The latest arrivals that I know of in my family was my great-great-great |
1monster |
Jun-15-07 09:05 AM |
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my husband, too |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 09:10 AM |
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Middletown, CT... my husband's ancestors and yours were practically |
1monster |
Jun-15-07 10:46 PM |
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Pretty much the same here . . . |
enlightenment |
Jun-15-07 09:15 AM |
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Great-grandfather from Austria (Jewish but "became" Irish w/ forced name change at Ellis Island) |
displacedtexan |
Jun-15-07 09:06 AM |
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Related to the Kerrys, are you? LOL |
Hekate |
Jun-15-07 09:13 PM |
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Companies will always find room for slave labour. |
spoony |
Jun-15-07 09:07 AM |
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And what does that statement have to do with the OP? |
Bridget Burke |
Jun-15-07 09:18 AM |
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Um, if you read the OP it talks about "enough jobs" |
Veganistan |
Jun-15-07 09:50 AM |
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Not sure that a living wage for everyone would accomplish that. |
pampango |
Jun-15-07 10:36 AM |
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Right on! Time to tell these employers they |
spoony |
Jun-15-07 11:48 AM |
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That's why we need to relax legal immigration limits - |
NCevilDUer |
Jun-15-07 10:21 AM |
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"immigration" is about importing citizens and new members of our nation |
TahitiNut |
Jun-15-07 11:14 AM |
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I always believed that |
trashcanistanista |
Jun-15-07 08:08 PM |
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All my grandparetns and my father |
eleny |
Jun-15-07 09:08 AM |
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I'm not sure what to answer |
sleebarker |
Jun-15-07 09:10 AM |
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We're probably kin way back |
DKRC |
Jun-15-07 10:53 AM |
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I can claim Yorktown in the 1600's as an entry |
waiting for hope |
Jun-15-07 09:11 AM |
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I have one family in my tree... |
Chemical Bill |
Jun-15-07 09:41 AM |
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I'm adopted..... |
waiting for hope |
Jun-15-07 10:03 AM |
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Well...to tell a family secret, my grandmother was dutch... |
tjwash |
Jun-15-07 09:12 AM |
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LOL |
sarge43 |
Jun-15-07 09:22 AM |
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One side was here before the Revolution; the other was here at least prior |
deutsey |
Jun-15-07 09:12 AM |
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my folks ran from stalin and hitler in their early teens |
antifaschits |
Jun-15-07 09:13 AM |
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My grandfather came here from Italy in the 20's. |
wienerdoggie |
Jun-15-07 09:18 AM |
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My family is a mixed bunch of Brits and German |
sarge43 |
Jun-15-07 09:21 AM |
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Both my paternal grandparents were first generation U.S.-born children of Norwegian immigrants. |
scarletwoman |
Jun-15-07 09:24 AM |
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Some Native American, others here before the Civil War |
Rob H. |
Jun-15-07 09:24 AM |
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My father's parents came from East Galway. |
Bridget Burke |
Jun-15-07 09:24 AM |
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Grandmother and mother came to steal jobs in 1919. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jun-15-07 09:28 AM |
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"Immigrant" sounds so voluntary |
Sonicmedusa |
Jun-15-07 09:29 AM |
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I've always thought of that as a separate category. nt |
Hekate |
Jun-15-07 09:14 PM |
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Great Grandparents on one side came over as children... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Jun-15-07 09:30 AM |
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I was not born here. |
Nimrod2005 |
Jun-15-07 09:31 AM |
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Maternal grandparents from Ireland (Cork and Dublin) via Halifax, NS. |
pinto |
Jun-15-07 09:34 AM |
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Great Grandfather Richards was from Wales. |
Chemical Bill |
Jun-15-07 09:34 AM |
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Hey my mother's side goes back to |
mitchtv |
Jun-15-07 03:59 PM |
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I often drive down Olney St. |
Chemical Bill |
Jun-15-07 06:03 PM |
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We Irish were greeted much the same way Mexican economic refugees are now. |
blondeatlast |
Jun-15-07 09:35 AM |
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Yep, and the nativists of that time would have loved it if they could have |
treestar |
Jun-15-07 04:11 PM |
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"The Irish will never assimilate." "No Irish need apply." "They are a separate race." Amazing... |
Hekate |
Jun-15-07 09:19 PM |
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It's mixed |
catmandu57 |
Jun-15-07 09:35 AM |
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And your point is? |
thethinker |
Jun-15-07 09:37 AM |
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I'm not troubled by 12 million illegal immigrants. |
Chemical Bill |
Jun-15-07 09:51 AM |
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I am troubled by both |
thethinker |
Jun-15-07 10:09 AM |
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Years ago |
H2O Man |
Jun-15-07 10:09 AM |
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But of those 12 million, the majority have been here more than 10 years. |
Bucky |
Jun-15-07 12:58 PM |
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mggparents came from southern france |
shanti |
Jun-15-07 09:39 AM |
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My grandparents immigrated here in 1911 from Belgium. Coal miner |
B Calm |
Jun-15-07 09:40 AM |
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Potato famine Irish plus Crow Indian |
panader0 |
Jun-15-07 09:40 AM |
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Mother's side, Mayflower... Dad's, Wampanoag . .(Pokanoket) |
annabanana |
Jun-15-07 09:41 AM |
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My grandparents on father's side |
FlaGranny |
Jun-15-07 09:43 AM |
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Most of my great great great grandparents |
Bitwit1234 |
Jun-15-07 09:45 AM |
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Irish. |
Philosoraptor |
Jun-15-07 09:46 AM |
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1780 (France) and already here (Native American) |
mitchum |
Jun-15-07 09:46 AM |
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One of my ancestors encountered Lewis & Clark on their expedition. Supposedly, he was sitting |
shain from kane |
Jun-15-07 09:49 AM |
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Is this for real? |
janetle |
Jun-15-07 10:18 AM |
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Two answers |
Marrah_G |
Jun-15-07 09:51 AM |
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family arrived in South Carolina from Scotland as part of a penal colony. |
cobalt1999 |
Jun-15-07 09:52 AM |
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Both sets of grandparents immigrated...Ireland and Italy |
Catchawave |
Jun-15-07 09:53 AM |
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Immigrant parents here. |
cloudbase |
Jun-15-07 09:56 AM |
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"we need to relax immigration laws and allow a lot more in"?? |
TahitiNut |
Jun-15-07 09:58 AM |
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Grandparents |
Marie26 |
Jun-15-07 10:00 AM |
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on my fathers side England, on mothers side it was West Germany |
madokie |
Jun-15-07 10:00 AM |
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Great Grandparents |
Annces |
Jun-15-07 10:08 AM |
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Born and raised in Puerto Rico, which is politically part of the US but |
Katzenkavalier |
Jun-15-07 10:09 AM |
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last immigrant ancestor I know of was mid 1800's |
frogcycle |
Jun-15-07 10:12 AM |
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My faternal great grandfather immigrated here legally just after 1900. |
newportdadde |
Jun-15-07 10:16 AM |
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been here at least 5 generations both sides of family |
Kali |
Jun-15-07 10:23 AM |
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Family goes back to French and Indian War. |
hootinholler |
Jun-15-07 10:25 AM |
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My grandfather was ILLEGAL |
janetle |
Jun-15-07 10:26 AM |
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My father's grandparents were "rich" Irish |
tmlanders |
Jun-15-07 10:28 AM |
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My grandparents were part of the big wave that came through Ellis Island |
NoPasaran |
Jun-15-07 10:28 AM |
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All my great grandparents immigrated |
ceile |
Jun-15-07 10:29 AM |
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Grandparents immigrated in the 20s |
LSK |
Jun-15-07 10:30 AM |
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How come there's no option for pre-great-great-grandparent? |
Tyrone Slothrop |
Jun-15-07 10:37 AM |
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'Us' and 'Them': why not ask if our ancestors immigrated illegally? |
aikoaiko |
Jun-15-07 10:41 AM |
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Several posters on this thread are against immigration, period. |
Bridget Burke |
Jun-15-07 04:15 PM |
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Frankly, its difficult for me to tell in some of the posts if they are including illegal immigrants |
aikoaiko |
Jun-15-07 04:49 PM |
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Central East European Mongrel & some dubious characters |
DFW |
Jun-15-07 10:49 AM |
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My mom's parents came from Hungary |
DemReadingDU |
Jun-15-07 10:52 AM |
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Why does only the most recent one count? |
hfojvt |
Jun-15-07 10:57 AM |
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Well, because the point I wanted to make is |
ginnyinWI |
Jun-15-07 12:21 PM |
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yet in 1860 our population was only 31 million |
hfojvt |
Jun-15-07 12:53 PM |
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I doubt that there is any evidence that would satisfy you. |
pampango |
Jun-15-07 01:17 PM |
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Food writer & Liberal Calvin Trilling cooks spaghetti ala carbonara on Thanksgiving... |
Bridget Burke |
Jun-15-07 04:06 PM |
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. |
Chemical Bill |
Jun-15-07 01:36 PM |
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that's kinda hard to believe |
hfojvt |
Jun-15-07 03:05 PM |
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I'm sure that several generations of your family used identical arguments... |
Bridget Burke |
Jun-15-07 04:13 PM |
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Around for a while |
bikebloke |
Jun-15-07 10:58 AM |
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That is not the point |
BoneDaddy |
Jun-15-07 11:01 AM |
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We do indeed live in different times. The tradition of resistance to |
pampango |
Jun-15-07 11:22 AM |
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There are more than enough Americans as it is. The world would be worse off... |
piedmont |
Jun-15-07 08:26 PM |
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My maternal grandparents were immigrants or at least children of immigrants |
semillama |
Jun-15-07 11:04 AM |
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2 great great grandparents immigrated to here before the civil war. I also have a great grandparent |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Jun-15-07 11:06 AM |
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Other. |
Cleita |
Jun-15-07 11:10 AM |
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My Sister Followed A Branch Of The Family Way Back - England For Us |
ThomWV |
Jun-15-07 11:14 AM |
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1600s for one part of my family |
nini |
Jun-15-07 11:24 AM |
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Three of my grandparents were immigrants. |
No Surrender |
Jun-15-07 11:25 AM |
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Two great-grandparents immigrated |
slackmaster |
Jun-15-07 01:00 PM |
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I'd have to go back further than my great-great grandparents. |
Clark2008 |
Jun-15-07 01:03 PM |
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The historical conditions aren't the same. |
LostInAnomie |
Jun-15-07 01:13 PM |
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I'm not sure immigration is that great an idea (risking near certain annihilation... |
chaska |
Jun-15-07 01:14 PM |
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I am not sure that you are doing much deviating from the party line |
pampango |
Jun-15-07 01:26 PM |
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Great-grandparents came to the US through Canada. |
Alexander |
Jun-15-07 01:17 PM |
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One of my grandfather's was born in the Netherlands and moved here as a child |
yardwork |
Jun-15-07 01:20 PM |
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original people (tsa la gi) and a mixture of |
Solly Mack |
Jun-15-07 01:21 PM |
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I dunno. My grandparents were all in South Carolina, so... |
Orsino |
Jun-15-07 01:25 PM |
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One grandmother, one step-grandparent, and all great-grandparents. |
Sapphocrat |
Jun-15-07 04:31 PM |
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My grandparents on my mother's side are Holocaust survivors from Poland. |
ellisonz |
Jun-15-07 04:37 PM |
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I'm 1/8 Native American |
proud patriot |
Jun-15-07 04:40 PM |
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Two grandparents from Scotland, |
Blue-Jay |
Jun-15-07 04:56 PM |
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born in USSR, immigrated to US in 1996 |
SergeyDovlatov |
Jun-15-07 06:15 PM |
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Mom came here from Brazil in 1967 as a college student. |
Withywindle |
Jun-15-07 08:05 PM |
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My great-grandparents where those WOPs from Italy 1892 & 1906 |
devilgrrl |
Jun-15-07 08:18 PM |
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Earliest came just after the Mayflower. The latest came over around 1720. And... |
piedmont |
Jun-15-07 08:19 PM |
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mine were on the Good Ship Fortune - |
frogcycle |
Jun-15-07 09:09 PM |
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Both sides of my family came over 1695-1715.. |
oldhippie |
Jun-15-07 08:36 PM |
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Both sides are pre-USA |
VTMechEngr |
Jun-15-07 09:16 PM |
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Dad's side peeps caught the boat over from Scotland |
libnnc |
Jun-15-07 09:23 PM |
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I guess "test tube baby" |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
Jun-15-07 09:42 PM |
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Nice thoughtful post. |
madfloridian |
Jun-15-07 09:53 PM |
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My first known relative came to Virginia in the1600s |
RestoreGore |
Jun-15-07 10:01 PM |
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The earliest came from England about 1620; the latest from Ireland & Alsace in the 1800s |
Hekate |
Jun-15-07 10:30 PM |
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A good website: Dreams Across America |
madfloridian |
Jun-15-07 10:41 PM |
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