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FSogol

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31. 3 of my grandparents were born in Ireland and came here as children.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 05:57 PM
Jan 2013

The other grandparent was born in Scotland and was orphaned on the journey here.

My wife is a naturalized US citizen. My sons have dual citizenship. (US and a SA country)

Germany...both sides. Every non-native American family was from immigrants at one time. libdem4life Jan 2013 #1
Exactly! Control-Z Jan 2013 #3
Uh, so were they. aquart Jan 2013 #23
Also the child of immigrant grandparents, first-generation parents frazzled Jan 2013 #2
That is why I said Ukraine: Control-Z Jan 2013 #5
I could possibly have said Belarus or Lithuania frazzled Jan 2013 #7
Mother from Canada,father Irish but family here for 3 generations when I was born. virgogal Jan 2013 #4
So are you (very) young? Control-Z Jan 2013 #18
I'm ancient. My mother came in the 20s and my father's family were Irish famine immigrants. virgogal Jan 2013 #30
Small quibble.... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #6
I will remember that!! Control-Z Jan 2013 #8
LOL! I was thinking the same thing - lynne Jan 2013 #11
My paternal grandparents came from Norway Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #9
US Citizen: ancestors include.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #10
Father's family from Romania in 1920 AnnieBW Jan 2013 #12
"came over from the Old Country" Control-Z Jan 2013 #13
That's where I picked it up AnnieBW Jan 2013 #15
All my lines were early immigrants - lynne Jan 2013 #14
Agree 100%....great fun!! nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #25
My maternal grandparents were also from Ukraine, Raksha Jan 2013 #16
I have so many questions Control-Z Jan 2013 #40
Heinz 57 mongrel Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #17
You sound like what my children are. Control-Z Jan 2013 #41
You sound like what my children are. Control-Z Jan 2013 #42
I'm a US citizen. octoberlib Jan 2013 #19
Most of my ancestors arrived in America before the Revolution; 13 generations on both sides. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #20
My father was a German Lutheran living somewhere in Russia erinlough Jan 2013 #21
My maternal grandmother was from the Ukraine. Lugnut Jan 2013 #22
My fathers side (step father, all I know) came over from England end of 1600's early 1700's. okaawhatever Jan 2013 #24
Eligible for DAR pugetres Jan 2013 #26
my most recent immigrant was in 1864 hfojvt Jan 2013 #27
Mom was an immigrant (Canada), Dad was from a line that's been in the US since Nay Jan 2013 #28
1st generation American. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #29
3 of my grandparents were born in Ireland and came here as children. FSogol Jan 2013 #31
Mostly from England in the 1600s on Marrah_G Jan 2013 #32
I'm a U.S. permanent resident (a/k/a 'green card' holder) WilmywoodNCparalegal Jan 2013 #33
It is not the Ukraine. It is just Ukraine. RebelOne Jan 2013 #34
My Grandfather came here from Sicily. My grandmother came smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #35
Both grandparents came from Russia. zellie Jan 2013 #36
Grandparents on both sides came from Ukraine before the Great War NoPasaran Jan 2013 #37
My mother's ancestors arrived from Germany and Ireland in the mid 1800's, via Baltimore, MD. mia Jan 2013 #38
Maternal grandparents from Finland, paternal from the Ukraine. kiranon Jan 2013 #39
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