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Have family there and like the food

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I was born there

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My family is originally from India, so I have a strong connection to the country

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I was born there.

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My dad was born there and I love visiting

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Visit there every winter

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I was born there

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My family is from there and so is my favorite band. I would love to go see where my family is from

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Born here and later in life lived elsewhere in Germany

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I lived there for four years

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They make the best cars

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my father was often stationed in Iraq with the Marines.

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I visited once

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I have a lot of family there!

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My grandfather is from there and I love the culture whenever I visit.

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My favorite restaurant serves authentic Cuban cuisine

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Visited for weeks at a time to see my uncle and cousins (stationed there for the air force)

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My family travels there every year.

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I have a lot of family from there

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I went to both Cozumel and Costa Maya on a cruise and saw very interesting historical sites

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My grandpas family is from there

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My family is from scotland and I have a lot of friends there.

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My family is from there. I think it’s a beautiful place.

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Went for the first time over summer, they have the most beautiful beaches!

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Guatemala because I’m adopted from there.

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i have family in greece & grew up on mediterranean food!

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I feel connected to Aruba because I would go there all the time with my family and there are a lot of happy memories there.

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One place would be the Dominican Republic because that’s where my Uncle lives. He always shows me and my dad pictures and brings home different styles of food for us.

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I have family there and love the culture

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Mazatlan Mexico

As a child I traveled to Mazatlan Mexico every Presidents week with my family. I got to know the people who worked at the resort and the city became very special to me.

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A personal connection I have to this country is that it contains the city (Addis Ababa) where I was born and lived in until I reached the age of 3; which was the age when my parents decided to immigrate to the USA. I also enjoy visiting Ethiopia as it continues to remind me to ensure I don’t lose my connection with my people and my countries culture.

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I traveled there on a cruise right before covid and I loved it there. I would like to go back sometime soon.

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Parts of my family is from there.

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I have a personal connection to the country of Peru because it is where my Uncle lived for a few years. He has brought back photos and traditional items from Peruvian culture and they are very interesting to look at.

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I have a personal connection to china because that’s where majority of the family was born.

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Most of my family was born there and we try to visit them every few years. I’ve always wanted to move there

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My entire family was born in germany, and it was the first language I ever learned to speak, albeit with a strong bavarian accent. All of my extended family still lives in germany, and we visit occasionally

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I have lots of family here and I want to visit it this upcoming summer.

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I visited Thailand a couple years ago and I really loved it. I would love to visit again!

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I graduated out of Mexico City

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My family is from there and we have many kinds of Polish pottery in our home.

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where my grandma is fron

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-My grandmother grew up there and I have other relatives that live there

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People on both sides of my family are from there

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Two of my younger sibling are adopted from there and my parents have made an effort to keep that part of them alive by teaching them about it and celebrating holidays like Chinese new year.

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Travel to cancun during school breaks.

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My dad's side were all born in Italy, then moved to the united states

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I visited during the summer and I felt very welcomed, and it wasn’t as big of a cultural shock as I expected

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My parents were both born there

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One of my close friends moved there

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My chosen place is Italy because I have family members that live there and I thoroughly enjoy FaceTiming them and seeing how differently they live from me here in the United States.

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Many family and grandparents are from there.

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Even though I am not from there, my best friend from HS is from there and he introduced me to a lot of their traditions and cultures

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My dads family is from Italy

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I study it often for research projects.

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My good friend visited there

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My grandparents immigrated from Mexico in the 1950s and I have a lot of family there. Plus the food and music is amazing

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I visited Bermuda on vacation.

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I was able to visit a some popular places and try new foods.

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I traveled to Alaska over the summer, and really familiarized myself with the culture and the history of the beautiful state.

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Mexico- While I’ve never been to Mexico I love the food they make. Luckily many different foods are available here in the US to buy. As well as restaurants to go to that have authentic dishes. I hope to go there one day and try the food first hand!

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My dad’s side of the family is originally from there so growing up I had the culture incorporated into my daily life through speaking the language, food, and traditions.

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The small village in southern India I visited which was the birthplace of my grandparents before they immigrated to the US

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Where my moms side of my family is from

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My great grandmother used to live there when she was younger so she took me there.

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My great grandfather immigrated from there. I really enjoy their food and their music.

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My cousin studied abroad her senior year and she told us about how her life was over there.

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This Birthplace of Golf, my favorite sport

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I visited this place last summer on a 3 weeks photography trip and want to stay there for a year or so

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They live a more relaxed and active lifestyle then those in the US

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my great great grandparents were born there

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Easily the most stunning place America has to offer. It’s no wonder we bought it from Russia.

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My family is from there and I enjoyed my time going there on vacation.

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I visited there and went to the beach

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My dad and his side of the family is from the U.K!

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Cousin moved there with Australian fiance

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My family is originally from there and my mom moved to America when she went to grad school.

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My high school spanish teacher is from Mexico and a few years ago I was able to experience her culture, food, music and traditions. We are very close and it made me happy being able to see what her life was life before moving to America.

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me & my family go there every 4th of July to just spend time together & distract our minds a bit.

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Been there a couple times with many family

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My grandparents are from Italy

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I am half Korean. Lived there for a while

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Italy - my grandparents are from Sicily

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Dad lived there for a year

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Many of my relatives live there and I have visited them.

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My dad was born and grew up there and I still have family there.

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I have had family that lived in Ireland and came over to the Americans on the Mayflower

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I’ve only went out of the country once in my life, which was to Mexico.

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One of my and my families favorite bands is The Beatles who are from the England. It is comforting and nostalgic for me to listen to them.

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Family from there but I’ve never been

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A lot of my relatives were born and raised there, my grandpa was raised there along with my two great grandpas as well. My great aunts live there as well. They come and visit the US from time to time.

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Ghana:

After tracing our ancestry, my dad found out that our family has roots in Ghana. None of the culture has been passed down sadly.

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My mom was born there!

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My grandmother is from there and lived there until she was 30.

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I went on vacation with my family there on my first trip out of the US

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I was born here and I had went back to Germany a couple years ago to visit the winter markets with my family. I really want to live in Berlin once I graduate from JMU!🇩🇪

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My family is from there and i’ve been learning new things about it my entire life and I hope to visit one day.

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My dads side is from there and at family reunions we often have traditional Swedish meals

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When I visited I loved their food, clothing, and beaches!

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A place that I have a connection to outside of the country is the Philippines. My mom is from there and I have a lot of family that lives there as well.