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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 13:18:58 GMT -5
I'm going to be defining generations a bit differently than usual, so make sure to check out this chart below. Normally, a "first generation American" would be someone who was born in U.S. but both their parents weren't, but I'm going to call a first generation American someone who was born in the U.S. but has at least 1 parent who wasn't. The same thing going up the tree: A second generation American had at least one grandparent who wasn't born in America, ect.
Immigrant - Wasn't born in the U.S. 1st Generation American - Has at least 1 parent who is/was an immigrant 2rd Generation American - Has at least 1 grandparent who is/was an immigrant 3rd Generation American - Has at least 1 great-grandparent who was an immigrant 4th Generation American - Has at least 1 great-great-grandparent who was an immigrant 5+ Generation American - Family has been in the U.S. for at least 5 generations or more
I'm curious what the results will be. I usually assume that most Americans are on average 2-4th generations, but who knows. It would be nice to see some facts on paper.
If your answer is a bit complicated, or you don't know the exact generations, feel free to say what you do know.
I think ancestry's fascinating and it's fun to see people talk about it ^^
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Post by Dawnrose on Feb 3, 2017 14:43:11 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure my family has been in America for like 5+ generations. It's really annoying when people ask me where my parents are from since most people I'm around have parents who immigrated recently. Only if you go back many generations there were members of my family who were born somewhere else.
My ancestry is complicated since I have blood from around the world... Puerto Rico, Spain, Ireland, and a bunch of other scattered countries. So I'm not really from one region of the world.
One side of my family is actually kind of unknown since one of my grandfathers was adopted. And the other side of my family has a bunch of family members who were from the same mother but not the same father.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2017 15:27:29 GMT -5
second.
My grandfather was an illegal from Mexico and became a citizen over time. My grandmother came over here with a green card from Mexico. This is on my mother's side. I'm not sure about my father's side except that either his mother or grandmother was an immigrant.
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Post by Alpha on Feb 4, 2017 11:19:57 GMT -5
Most of my family has been in America for five or more generations. I think a great-great-grandparent on my mom's side was an immigrant, or it was on my dad's side.
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Post by Silverfall on Feb 10, 2017 19:35:57 GMT -5
I'm really complicated, depending on what side you look at, I'm third or fourth generation American, one side 7th or 8th and one side we've been in North America for thousands of years. Meaning Native American and Armenian mainly, Irish, German, Danish, and probably a few others...
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Post by lazy penguin on Feb 11, 2017 11:51:18 GMT -5
My grandparents came over to America from Poland after WWII.
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Post by Cinderleaf on Feb 11, 2017 23:30:49 GMT -5
First by your description. My dad's family is American, but my mom is from Ukraine and now a citizen here as well.
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Post by Aku on Feb 12, 2017 13:51:28 GMT -5
We traced my family back to the mid 1600s in America on my mom's side so we've been here for quite a few generations lol
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Post by John 3:16 on Feb 23, 2017 11:59:16 GMT -5
first generation
i have a dad from england woot woot
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Post by 🌴𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔🌴 on Mar 20, 2017 2:38:10 GMT -5
My great grandma immigrated from Mexico by herself with her children. Strong woman.
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Post by Thunderlake on Mar 21, 2017 12:17:32 GMT -5
i have some native american ancestry
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