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[MurphOnMillerAve]

Reality. And the entire history of the entire world . One group invading and conquering the other .

In fact, if everyone had to return to their place of absolute origin, I don't even know for sure where that would be for each story .

It certainly didn't begin with the Europeans (though they did a pretty effective job of it, and more than a few times, huh.)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reality. And the entire history of the entire world . One group invading and conquering the other .

In fact, if everyone had to return to their place of absolute origin, I don't even know for sure where that would be for each story .

Well, just how far back in time and to where do you trace your own line?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

One of my "lines" would be the great grandparents who immigrated to the Pittsburgh area from Europe and went to work in the steelmills immediately , which was fortunate for all of us.

They each were possessed of a strong work ethic (as opposed to any sense of "entitlement" or gimme stuff/handouts ) and a desire to function as and be seen as good Americans , even to the degree of shunning use of their native-tongues in favor of learning and using American English as quickly as possible .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

........from Europe

Where in? 4 generations then? Any memories of the great grandparents?

[chuck]

Eleventh great grandfather was from the Tuscany region of Italy, born in 1550. Decedents moved from northern Italy to southern France to northern France to New France (Atlantic Canada) to the Gulf Coast. I don't think they moved to the US per se, they lived in areas that were "acquired" by the US (e.g. New France, Louisiana purchase) or "West Florida" (from Spain). If I were to try to cover my kids and throw in my wife's family, that would include her fathers parents who were from Galicia (part of the Austro Hungarian Empire, the Ukraine), while her mother's family tracks back to England, her 10th great grandfather from Suffolk, England, born in 1538.

The Ukraine part probably holds the record in terms of being invaded. It doesn't help to live in an area with fertile land and no natural barrier borders that anyone (and everyone) would/could pass through on their way to somewhere else even further away. It was quite a trip to figure out where they were from as the spelling of communities differed by the occupiers with some in Cyrillic form and other in Roman form. Worst part was mangling/train wrecking Cyrillic letters into Roman. They could read and write but not English. If they filled out the point of origin in their native script, the "english" person filling out the form would often mistake Cyrillic characters for their english counterparts, e.g. CCP was meant to be abbreviation for Soviet Socialist Republic. The "C" is actually an S sound while "P" is an R sound.

I think the Coneheads solution is best. "We are from France"

[robert.]

I think the Coneheads solution is best. "We are from France" They had horrible way of drinking beer.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Was there a point to that photo?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Apparently that hazard is not limited to just children -- there are also adults that do stupid things..........

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