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In reply to the discussion: So, what "Shithole" country did your ancestors come from? [View all]nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)I only know about my mom's side (my dad's side I think is English)... my grandma's parents came from Sweden and Norway. My grandpa's parents ended up in Iowa (railroad work...so many people think that Mexicans in Iowa are new migrant farmers....when a lot have been there for nearly 100 yrs). My grandpa followed the railroad work to Northern Minnesota. Let me tell you...the arrival of a dashing Latino in the late 1940's had all the Scandinavian ladies wanting him. So my grandma took no chances, (she PROUDLY told us this) - she seduced him so he had to marry her (cue looking at my eldest uncle and everyone doing the math in their heads). They had 6 kids and were married over 55 yrs.
Their love was so strong and amazing. One of my uncles met his wife when he was in the service in the 70's - she is from Thailand and such a beautiful and loving woman. Our family has a great mix of ethnicities- and of course we are all gorgeous even if we don't always look like we come from the same family. We have short round and brown (mostly the Mexican side), tall and blond, blue eyes, brown eyes, straight hair, kinky curly hair, freckles, fair skin, dark skin (in summer). My grandpa was in the service, 4 of their 5 sons (my mom and her other brother couldn't serve for medical reasons) was in a separate branch of service, and that tradition has continued with my cousins and their kids.