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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:55 AM Original message |
Poll question: Nation of immigrants: who was yours? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. My mothers parents both immigrated from Czechoslovakia |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Interesting; what year? |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Had to have been the late 1910s or early 1920s |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. None of the above |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. thanks--I added a catagory for special cases. n/t |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. one of my great-grandfathers came over from Norway |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:06 AM Original message |
one of my great-great grandparents were German farmers. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
89. I had a number of German ancestors too |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Parents came from India. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. The latest arrivals that I know of in my family was my great-great-great |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. my husband, too |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
133. Middletown, CT... my husband's ancestors and yours were practically |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Pretty much the same here . . . |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Great-grandfather from Austria (Jewish but "became" Irish w/ forced name change at Ellis Island) |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
123. Related to the Kerrys, are you? LOL |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Companies will always find room for slave labour. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. And what does that statement have to do with the OP? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Um, if you read the OP it talks about "enough jobs" |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
70. Not sure that a living wage for everyone would accomplish that. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
87. Right on! Time to tell these employers they |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
62. That's why we need to relax legal immigration limits - |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. "immigration" is about importing citizens and new members of our nation |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
117. I always believed that |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. All my grandparetns and my father |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm not sure what to answer |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
75. We're probably kin way back |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. I can claim Yorktown in the 1600's as an entry |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I have one family in my tree... |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. I'm adopted..... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well...to tell a family secret, my grandmother was dutch... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. LOL |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. One side was here before the Revolution; the other was here at least prior |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. my folks ran from stalin and hitler in their early teens |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. My grandfather came here from Italy in the 20's. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. My family is a mixed bunch of Brits and German |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
23. Both my paternal grandparents were first generation U.S.-born children of Norwegian immigrants. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. Some Native American, others here before the Civil War |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. My father's parents came from East Galway. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. Grandmother and mother came to steal jobs in 1919. |
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Sonicmedusa (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Immigrant" sounds so voluntary |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
124. I've always thought of that as a separate category. nt |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
28. Great Grandparents on one side came over as children... |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. I was not born here. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
30. Maternal grandparents from Ireland (Cork and Dublin) via Halifax, NS. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. Great Grandfather Richards was from Wales. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
104. Hey my mother's side goes back to |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. I often drive down Olney St. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. We Irish were greeted much the same way Mexican economic refugees are now. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
106. Yep, and the nativists of that time would have loved it if they could have |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
126. "The Irish will never assimilate." "No Irish need apply." "They are a separate race." Amazing... |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's mixed |
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thethinker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. And your point is? |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I'm not troubled by 12 million illegal immigrants. |
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thethinker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. I am troubled by both |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Years ago |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
91. But of those 12 million, the majority have been here more than 10 years. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
35. mggparents came from southern france |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. My grandparents immigrated here in 1911 from Belgium. Coal miner |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. Potato famine Irish plus Crow Indian |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. Mother's side, Mayflower... Dad's, Wampanoag . .(Pokanoket) |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. My grandparents on father's side |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. Most of my great great great grandparents |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
42. Irish. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. 1780 (France) and already here (Native American) |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. One of my ancestors encountered Lewis & Clark on their expedition. Supposedly, he was sitting |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Is this for real? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
47. Two answers |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. family arrived in South Carolina from Scotland as part of a penal colony. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
49. Both sets of grandparents immigrated...Ireland and Italy |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. Immigrant parents here. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. "we need to relax immigration laws and allow a lot more in"?? |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
52. Grandparents |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. on my fathers side England, on mothers side it was West Germany |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
55. Great Grandparents |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, which is politically part of the US but |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
59. last immigrant ancestor I know of was mid 1800's |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
60. My faternal great grandfather immigrated here legally just after 1900. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. been here at least 5 generations both sides of family |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
64. Family goes back to French and Indian War. |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
65. My grandfather was ILLEGAL |
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tmlanders (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
66. My father's grandparents were "rich" Irish |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
67. My grandparents were part of the big wave that came through Ellis Island |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
68. All my great grandparents immigrated |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. Grandparents immigrated in the 20s |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
71. How come there's no option for pre-great-great-grandparent? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
72. 'Us' and 'Them': why not ask if our ancestors immigrated illegally? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
108. Several posters on this thread are against immigration, period. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Frankly, its difficult for me to tell in some of the posts if they are including illegal immigrants |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. Central East European Mongrel & some dubious characters |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
74. My mom's parents came from Hungary |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
76. Why does only the most recent one count? |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. Well, because the point I wanted to make is |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. yet in 1860 our population was only 31 million |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. I doubt that there is any evidence that would satisfy you. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. Food writer & Liberal Calvin Trilling cooks spaghetti ala carbonara on Thanksgiving... |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. . |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. that's kinda hard to believe |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #90 |
107. I'm sure that several generations of your family used identical arguments... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
77. Around for a while |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
78. That is not the point |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. We do indeed live in different times. The tradition of resistance to |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #84 |
120. There are more than enough Americans as it is. The world would be worse off... |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
79. My maternal grandparents were immigrants or at least children of immigrants |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
80. 2 great great grandparents immigrated to here before the civil war. I also have a great grandparent |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
81. Other. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
83. My Sister Followed A Branch Of The Family Way Back - England For Us |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
85. 1600s for one part of my family |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
86. Three of my grandparents were immigrants. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
92. Two great-grandparents immigrated |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
93. I'd have to go back further than my great-great grandparents. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
94. The historical conditions aren't the same. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
95. I'm not sure immigration is that great an idea (risking near certain annihilation... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. I am not sure that you are doing much deviating from the party line |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
96. Great-grandparents came to the US through Canada. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
98. One of my grandfather's was born in the Netherlands and moved here as a child |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
99. original people (tsa la gi) and a mixture of |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
100. I dunno. My grandparents were all in South Carolina, so... |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
109. One grandmother, one step-grandparent, and all great-grandparents. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
110. My grandparents on my mother's side are Holocaust survivors from Poland. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
111. I'm 1/8 Native American |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
113. Two grandparents from Scotland, |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
115. born in USSR, immigrated to US in 1996 |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
116. Mom came here from Brazil in 1967 as a college student. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
118. My great-grandparents where those WOPs from Italy 1892 & 1906 |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
119. Earliest came just after the Mayflower. The latest came over around 1720. And... |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. mine were on the Good Ship Fortune - |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
121. Both sides of my family came over 1695-1715.. |
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VTMechEngr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
125. Both sides are pre-USA |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
127. Dad's side peeps caught the boat over from Scotland |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
128. I guess "test tube baby" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
129. Nice thoughtful post. |
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130. My first known relative came to Virginia in the1600s |
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131. The earliest came from England about 1620; the latest from Ireland & Alsace in the 1800s |
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132. A good website: Dreams Across America |
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