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If so, what age were you when you came, and how did you end up here? Where did you come from? What if anything did you especially like or dislike about your move? Any interesting stories?
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I would like to know as well.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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No. My mom moved here at age 7 from Finland. She was obviously teased a lot for her accent. She also skipped two grades, so was younger than everyone else. Had a hard time with other kids. Her folks moved here for a better business environment as Finland had just gone through a General Strike and her dad had sit outside his paint and wallpaper factory with a gun to keep the hordes away. They adapted too, but were heavily involved with Finnish and Swedish communities
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Me, an' kaywoody met the Mayflower at the beach!
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No. My mom moved here at age 7 from Finland The latest to come over from my people were GG-grandparents, circa 1905ish.
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Not me personally - Father's side came over sometime in late 1800's. Mostly Belgium and Germany. Mother's side - don't know. Heavy French-Canadian and a touch of Irish. May have walked down from Canada at any time.
Never really looked into it much.
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No. My mom moved here at age 7 from Finland The latest to come over from my people were GG-grandparents, circa 1905ish. That’s when they came. 1956 I think
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I was suppose to go to Denmark.
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My mother and father are both Cherokees, there was a tad bit of Irish blood tainting the gene pool way back but it's since been deluted and doesn't show any longer.
The rest of you puckers are most likely refugees from somewhere.
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Arrived in 1986 at age 26 from South Africa. Became a full blown African-American Redneck shortly thereafter. Don't regret it and would do it again without hesitation. For all the faults the US has, it's still the best country in the world. It offered opportunity that I would not have had in the land of my birth, and I'm thankful to be here.
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Both sets of grandparents immigrated from Italy. My parents were both conceived there.
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All my great great grandparents came from Norway - as well as my wife's great great grandparents.
My wife has made several trips to Norway, getting acquainted with her relatives and making friends.
Some have in turn, traveled to North Dakota and visited us. My wife learned how to speak and write in Norwegian. Her best trip was when she took her aging father, a Minnesota farmer with dairy cows. He was a very special, plain down to earth man - and he made friends wherever he went.
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1987, 22, Netherlands, came for opportunity and SPACE, found the girls irresistible, and learned Texas is a whole 'nother country..... Not particularly happy so many people are now starting to crowd up that precious space, but can hardly blame them.
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1987, 22, Netherlands, came for opportunity and SPACE, found the girls irresistible, and learned Texas is a whole 'nother country..... Not particularly happy so many people are now starting to crowd up that precious space, but can hardly blame them. Are you a citizen now?
I am MAGA.
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1987, 22, Netherlands, came for opportunity and SPACE, found the girls irresistible, and learned Texas is a whole 'nother country..... Not particularly happy so many people are now starting to crowd up that precious space, but can hardly blame them. Are you a citizen now? I am. American by choice.
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Nope, Native American here.
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Dad and his family came from The Neatherlands after the war. Nobody knew a word of English but were sponsered by his uncle who was farming in Iowa. About the only reminder of my heritage is my last name and the wooden shoes in the corner of the living room. (They fit)
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Sort of. Half of me came here from Scotland and the other half was already here in a tent on the plains...
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Arrived in 1986 at age 26 from South Africa. Became a full blown African-American Redneck shortly thereafter. Don't regret it and would do it again without hesitation. For all the faults the US has, it's still the best country in the world. It offered opportunity that I would not have had in the land of my birth, and I'm thankful to be here. Good stuff. Are you ethnically/racially African or a Caucasian African American?
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