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Jack Flatin- My mom was born in a little town in Minnesota called Pelican Rapids. My dad was born in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. They both moved to Arizona when they were 25 years old. My mom's parents and my dad's parents are both also from Minnesota. My family is from America. I don't know why they moved to Arizona. Yes I have visited Minnesota before.

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Olivia Elmakis- My moms side originated in Germany and me dad side originated from Greece. I don't feel connected to my original country and have never been there, but I am going to Greece this summer. I don't know what it was like and I also don't know why they came here.

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Mariama- My family is from Senegal and my mom moved here for college. She wasn't going to stay but she said she made friends and liked it so she stayed. I have visited Senegal and I'm connected to it because I go every summer and my cousins still go too.

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Amelia Stewart-My family came here from Scotland and ireland. the ruled in Scotland for 3 centuries. they moved here as Scottish immigrants one hundred years ago. my grandpa was from Washington I think where he made a big dollar business in selling food to restaurants. he was also one of the top bull ropers in the country for his time but he died in a helicopter accident with my step grandma, and aunts over 14 years ago because I was not alive yet.

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Amerie Naden - My parents moved to Minnesota for college and stayed there for 5 years. They stayed there for about five years. I am not sure about their experience, but from what I have heard it was pretty easy to adjust. My aunt had moved to Minnesota later, but I heard it was difficult to get there and she later got sent back.

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Adiel Gonzvar

My grandpa and grandma came from Mexico, likely to have a better life in the U.S.. Both of my grandparents originated from Mexico, and settled here in Arizona. My mom and dad were born in the U.S., but my mom's side has mostly shone, since I don't know anything about my dad's side. I've visited Mexico a few times, and my family speaks Spanish frequently.

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Arushi Bhat — My entire family on both sides is Indian. My parents are both from different ends of India, and after they finished college, they moved around trying to get jobs. I think they went to England and Switzerland before moving to the US. They used the H-1B program. They felt welcomed when they first got here, since the places they applied to really liked their work, but they also faced racism when trying to get jobs. We try to go back to India at least once every year to visit family, and I understand some of the language, so I still feel connected even though I was not born there.

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Reese Perry

On my Moms side, my grandma comes from Japan and so does my mom, and was born and raised there until she moved to America when she was in 1st grade. She would move back and forth from those two countries a lot, because of my grandpas work. My grandpa came from America and met my grandma when he was studying abroad in Japan. He taught at an all girls collage in Japan and then moved to Tucson to teach there. I am 25% Japanese. I do not know much about my dad's origin, all I know is that my dad and his family have grown up in Arizona their whole lives. (Mostly in Tucson, where he met my mom.)

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Lucie Amato- I know that my great grandmother on my dads side of the family was Sicilian and passed through Ellis island to get to America. My great grandfather was Italian and met my great grandmother after coming to America, afterwards they started a small market together in Cleveland. I do feel connected to my family's original country because whenever I visit my grandmothers house she always makes Italian dishes for me and my cousins. I haven't visited Italy yet but I would like to in the future.

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Cash Wood,

My family is native American. My mother is from Window Rock which is in the Navajo nation, My father is from Salt River which is here. My family's history has always been here. My last name Wood came from when the Government could not write down my Great Grandfather's name, so they just asked him to point where he was from, and he pointed towards the mountains where it was forest, so he was given the name Wood. I feel connect to my family's original culture because I live close to it.

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Mila Swift- I don't know a lot about my families origins, but I know that my grandma came to Arizona from Mexico. I think my grandma came here because she wanted more and new opportunities. I remember my grandma saying it was very confusing coming to Arizona and she had to learn English. I have never been to Mexico and I don't really know how to speak Spanish so I'm not very connected to my families original country, but I would like to learn how to speak Spanish to be able to talk with my grandma easier.

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Isabella Noriega - My dads parents were born in Spain. However, they immigrated to Mexico, which they then had my dad. Then, my dad immigrated to New York around 20 years ago. Along with a bunch of my uncles and cousins who settled in Texas. My moms great-grandparents were born in Germany but had my moms parents in the U.S. Then my moms parents had my mom. I feel very connected to my family's origin on my dads side because they really value culture and traditions which teach me more about my background and connect me more to my extended family. I have been to Mexico many times however I've never been to Germany since my relatives on my moms side no longer live there.

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Violet Watson

I don't know much about my family, but I know that my grandpa moved to Canada from Scotland and met my grandma there. In 1994, my mom, grandma, and grandpa then moved to Atlanta and moved to Arizona two years later. My dad was born in Seattle and moved to Arizona in 1999. I don't know why my parents chose Arizona, but we haven't really moved. I've been to canada a few times and know that most of my moms side of the family lives there, but I don't feel very connected to it.

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Tanvi Kumar

My mom was born in Malaysia but had to move around a lot because of her dads work. She moved to Illinois for college and went to UIUC. After college, she moved to Arizona to work as a chemical engineer. My dad was born and raised in India but for college, he moved to Australia. After working there for a few years, he moved to Arizona to for work. Before moving to Arizona, they both lived in Canada for a while, where I was born. My grandparents and great grandparents have always been where my parents were born and my parents are the first people in their families to immigrate to America. I have visited these places a lot and it ties me back to my culture, which is important.

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Abigail Cao

my mom was born in Arizona, and my dad was born in a Chinese village,

I moved here 5 years ago

from Qingdao which is seaside city famous for sea food when I first moved here, I did not want to live in America because I do not like the desert .

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Maya Bernoff

On my fathers side my great grandparents came to America from Poland and Russia there names are on the wall at Ellis Island and they had huge families as they got older my great grandpa made shoes

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Alan Sun- All my family is come from China. But my youngest brother is born in American. We Chinese people usually have family genealogies and I checked my family genealogies and I saw my great-great-great-grandfather and his name is Zhongshan Sun, he is very famous in China and he studied in Japan, so he has a daughter was born in Japan.

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Alec Mushahwar- I don't know much about my families origin but I will tell you what I do know. My mom was born in Colorado. My dad was born in Kuwait. I have been to Colorado. But i have not been to Kuwait. I feel the most connected to my family origin place. I was born here. My grandpa is from Lebanon. My dad moved here in the 80s from kuwait. I don't know why my dad came here.

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Grant Waggoner

My dad is part german but he grew up in the US. My dad was born in Pittsburgh, then moved to Washington. My mom was born in Washington and grew up there. I love going to Washington. My parents got married, then moved to texas where I was born. After I was boorn we moved to Arizona, where my sister was born. I have lived in Arizona since I was one.

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Chase Okrasinski- I don't know much about my family origin, I know that my dad is from New Jersey. My ancestors came to New Jersey from Poland. I do not know why my family came or about their experiences. I do not feel connected to Poland and have not visited it the only time my parents talk about it was when I was little because we have a Polish last name. My mom is from California, but I do not know where her origins are.

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William Bryce

My mom is from America, but my dad is from Japan. He immigrated to New York, because my grandpa grew up there. He said he had to sleep in a bathtub one time, but then he became rich and slept in a bed. I visited there, and ever since I eat ramen, sushi, and rice all the time. I feel connected to Japan since they are advanced and it feels like they are living in 2030. I am going to go back there next summer.

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My family history is coming here about half a year ago. We moved from Canada, with my mom, dad, and my sister. It was a struggle to get here because we had to find a house, and move everything to Arizona. We got to decide anywhere to go in America. We wanted to move to Arizona because I had a baseball game here and my family loved it here.

Eric Johnston

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Bella Dresher- My dad's side of the family was born in the United States. My grandparents were born in Ohio and moved to New York, where my dad and 2 uncles were born. My mother and grandmother immigrated to the United States from South Korea when she was 9. I'm unsure why they came here and what their experience was like, but I know they also lived in New York. Although I've never been to Korea, I feel connected to the culture because my mom and grandma are teaching me the language and the traditions.

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Cady Ferry- My grandpa from my dads side came to America. He is originally from a little town a little out of Letterkenny, Ireland. He grew up on a farm, but since his parents died i think they sold the farm. I have visted Ireland, we visted Dublin becuase thats were they mostly are. When he came he had my grandma who was from minnisota so he went to medical school and ended up getting married and had a lovely life so far. My greatgrand parents on my moms side immigrated from Greece in like 1900s. They first came to Alabama but bcuase my greatgramda didnt speak english they were forced to move somewhere else(my greatgranpa was the towns doctor so he got a headsup that the town was going to tar and feather my greatgrandma so they moved). Also when they came they had to change their last name from i dont know how to spell it to louis, when the police would come to their door and ask where they are from they would say they are from france or something becuase they couldnt say Grecce for some reason. So they didnt not have a good time when they first moved to America.They ended up in Chicago, which i have vistited. Im visiting the villiage where my greatgranpa is from this summer.

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Taylor Connolly

My great grandpa on my dad's side is from Ireland. He moved to find work I think... I've never been to Ireland but I think it's really pretty there. He first moved to Boston, then after a few years he moved to florida where he had most of his kids. A lot of my family on my dad's side lives in Florida and Boston. I've gone to Florida and Boston once. My grandma and my dad lived in Chicago for most of my dad's childhood then my dad moved to California.

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Claire Brooks: I do not know much about my families origin. Both of my parents were born and raised in Lubbock, Texas and all of my relatives are from there. Lubbock is probably the most boring town in Texas. The weather is not that good and the dirt blows constantly. My family moved here 6 years ago from Lubbock because we loved Scottsdale so much!

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Alexa Ilg

My grandma moved from Idaho and married a Chinese man. I am 25% Chinese and my dad is from Philadelphia. He moved and met my mom in California and they moved here. My last name is German because my dad's family was Jewish. I am not sure how they got to the US, nor do I know much about my family because I forgot when my dad told me about it. I visit my family in Philadelphia a lot and they are my favorite cousins. I have never been to China. That is all I know.

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madeline ulichny- My family on my mom's side comes from Scotland. I don't know much about it, nor do I feel connected to it. I guess that my family had fewer struggles when they arrived because they were the standard "white" but I think they still experienced racism. I have visited the country before, which gave me an idea of my heritage.

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Rex Belkin

My mom was born in a town called De Leon, which is this little place in the middle of nowhere of Texas. And my mom's whole side of the family, is a bunch of 50+ year old rednecks that all live in the same town. I think they've all lived in America for a pretty long time, but apparently my great grandmother's father was an Indian so that's pretty crazy. They all originally came from Ireland/England which is definitely where the red hair comes from, but my dad's side of the family is a totally different story. My grandpa's Jewish and my grandma's Armenian. I think my grandpa's side traces back to Russia (that's why my last name's Belkin) but I know there was some dude on my grandma's side who got orphaned in the Armenian genocide, so maybe he lived in Turkey or something. I've been to De Leon, but never like Armenia or Russia or Ireland anything. I would want to, those places sound cool. I don't really feel too connected to the places other then De Leon cause I haven't been there. There's like 2000 people living in De Leon and it's all old people. It's cool but it's nothing like amazing.

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Hattie Zhao

First, I am from China, and my family are all Chinese. Second, the reason I came to the United States for school is because my older sister went to college here. She said she had never seen a cactus before, so she decided to go to college in Arizona. Then my mother said, "Since your sister is already going to Arizona State University, you should go to school in Arizona too."

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Jayan Raval- I don't know much about my families origin but I do know that my mom was born in the UK and then came her to Phoenix. when she was, I think 10 years old. My dad was born in Chicago and then moved to Tucson. I am not sure why they chose to move to AZ. I have visited Tucson a lot of time because my grandparents used to live there until 3 years ago, when they came to Scottsdale. I have also visited England and saw the house that my mom grew up in.

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Sahana Gosalia- my mom was born in Minnesota and my dad was born in Boston. They both moved to Arizona when they were little. My dad and his family moved to New York after a few years of living in Arizona and then moved back to Arizona. So they both have lived here their whole life.

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Livia Tatro- On my mom's mom's side, they are pure Sicillian. My mom's dad's side is pure Italian. My dad is all English and Irish. We also say my dad's side has a little native american in them. I grew up in California, bay area, which is where my mom and her family grow up. We are 4th generation in America from Europe. My dad's mom's side grew up also in the Bay area while his dad's side is from New Hampshire. So my dad is from New Hampshire and California. I always tell people im Italian though since im half Italian. We are very proud to be Italian here. My grandma (mom's mom) is also half german, which makes me 1/4. If im talking everything I am, im Italian, Sicillian, Austrian, German, French, N.A (we think), English, Irish, Scottish, and like 1% Portugese. Im moving back to Cali this summer though.

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Sydney Hodges - My dad was born in Texas and my mom was born in Delaware. After I was born in Texas, my family moved to Australia for two years before moving back to Texas. We moved to Arizona about five years ago. Texas was somewhat like Arizona because they both have a warmer climate. However, Texas is more humid, while Arizona has a dry heat. Arizona also gets monsoons and dust storms during the summer, something that never happened while I was living in Texas.

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Andre Vossoughi- My dad was born in the Middle East in Iran. My Mom was born in California. My grandparents on my moms side were born in Mexico. My moved to California when he was 3 years old and then he came to Arizona for college where he met my Mom who also came to Arizona for college. I feel somewhat connected to Iran because I usually eat traditional food like Tariq which is a type of rice. I feel connected to my Latin heritage because I eat a lot of Mexican food and I speak fluent Spanish. I have never visited Iran because it is not safe to visit according to the United States warning travel list. I have visited Mexico many times. My Dad said that his experience in the United States when he first he dialed with racism and discrimination. My mom said her experience when she moved here was difficult because she needed to earn money to afford college.

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Charlotte Millikin- My great-great-great grandfather and mother on my dad's side came from Ireland and my great-grandmother and father came from Germany. I have a lot of family on my mother's side that live in Germany and I have visited them a few times. Some other parts of my family immigrated from Greece. My mother has always lived in Arizona and my father was born in maryland but moved to arizona for my mom. My dad's side immediate family was born in North Carolina but they moved to Maryland. My dad also did one of those dna test things and I have ancestors that were born in rome and other parts of Italy somehow.

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Rickson - My family is part Irish, Greman, Welsh, and Russian. My mom was born in California along with my dad, I was born in Arizona. When my mom and dad came to Arizona, they were looking for someplace warm, not boiling, but they got boiling. Also, during Summer and winter break, I go to Idaho or California.

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Zara Patel- My dad was born in London and my mom was born in California. On my mom's side my grandma and grandpa were born in south Africa, one in Zambia and the other somewhere in South Africa. On my dad's side my grandpa was born in South Africa as well and my grandma was born in Ethiopia. I am assuming my grandparents parents were born in India but I genuinely have no clue. I was born in Michigan, and moved to Arizona about 2 weeks later. Then 3 months later I moved to California. I stayed there for about 7 years before moving back to Arizona. My dad came to the U.S. when he was about 14 or 15 with his parents. They lived in Cleveland, Ohio. My mom was in California her whole life before meeting my dad. That's about all that I know.

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Alyssa Burwash-

My Mom was born in Saskatchewan Canada. And my dad was born in Manitoba,Canada. My Grandma on my mom's side was born in Canada but her Mom is from Russia and her Dad is from Ukraine. Both my grandparents on my Dad's side are from England and I don't know anything about their parents. I do not know if this is correct but that is what I think I have heard.

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Makenna Gallagher-

My family came from mostly Iowa, and nevada. My dad's side of the family moved here from Las Vegas, nevada after living there for 15 years. Even thought my dad was born ins Arizona after his parents moved her from nevada. My mom's side of the family came from the midwest area. mostly from Iowa, Chicago, and Illinois. But once my parents had my siblings they moved to a few other places then finally decided to stay in Arizona.

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Ethan. i do not know where anybody in my family came form nor where they may have moved to.

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Sofia Garten- My dad was born here, he was born in Minnesota. My mom was born in Brazil. All of my moms side lives there exept her brother he lives in London. She moved here for work and loved it so much that she wanted to live here and learn the language. I feel connected to them because i have been there many times and I can speak the language. I usually go for christmas and New years because it is winter there and its the best time to go.

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My great-great-great-grandmother came to the US and entered through Ellis Island from New England. She lived in New York, and as generations moved on, my family moved to Texas. She was very nervous, but she wrote some of her experiences in a Journal that has been passed down over generations. Before my great-great-great-grandmother, our whole family lived in New England, but she was the only one to have immigrated. Besides that, I am not really sure about the rest of my family's immigration story, and I am not really connected to New England as well. I have never visited New England, but I really hope I can soon, and maybe learn a little bit more about my family's origin story. I was born in Texas, and so were my parents as well as my grandparents. We still go back their often so that is always fun

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Alaina Bakke-

My family, the Bakkes, came to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota from Norway because the farm land was poor. The land was not big enough to support the whole family. The younger men and their wives left, and migrated through Liverpool and entered through Ellis Island. I have not been to Norway, but I definitely hope to go one day.

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Ava Elmakis- Some of my mom's side originated in Germany and the other part originated in Greece. I don't know why they came here. I don't feel very connected to my original country very much, but I am going to visit Greece this summer! I don't know what it was like when they arrived because it was very long ago.

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Connor Sukut- I don't know too much about my family's origin, but I know that my dad's side is German and my mom's side is Slavic. I don't really feel any ties to those cultures but they do show up a little bit in all of our appearances. I've never been to these places but I can imagine they're pretty similar to the rest of Europe. My mom's family still celebrates eastern European traditions, but they've spent multiple generations in rural Pennsylvania, so any ties back to Europe are pretty distant.

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Ava Cook-

I don't know a lot but my dad is from indiana and my mom is from Seattle. They moved to Arizona after graduating college. My dad grew up in a small town in indiana so there wasn't a lot of people and so did my mom in Seattle. Both states didn't have the best weather. They both went to good schools and their parents both worked long hour jobs. I am hoping to go back soon because we have family in both states.

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Adit Kaur. My family came here because of my parents wanted to live close to my uncle. Their experience was good when they arrived. Yes, I feel connected to my family's original country. Yes, I have been there before.

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Grace Cook- I don't know my families origin but my dad grew up in Indiana and my mom grew up in Seattle. Ava and I were born in Arizona so they moved before we were born. In Indiana and Seattle its much colder and not the same weather as AZ, especially Seattle. It is always raining. They always say back then was so so different from today so they always say that they are so thankful we live in AZ and how lucky we are. I believe they moved to AZ because we had family here at the time.

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Colin Reeves- My family is from Italy. I don't know much about my family's immigration story, but I know that my great-great grandma moved to the United States with her family when she was still young. I do not know how it was when they first arrived in the United States. I have not visited Italy, but I am going there this summer with my family. I don't really feel connected to my family's original country.

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-Armaan Bagai

I don't really know much, but we lived in Ohio. I was born there and we moved to Arizona when I was 2 years old. My dad lived there for his whole life until moving here with us. They often played in the snow as kids, but I didn't have that chance as I was too young. I am hoping to go back and visit one day.

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Brianna McCormick- Part of my family originated in Germany. My great-grandmother lived in Germany as a child during the Holocaust, which was very scary for her. My grandma lived there until she was five, then immigrated to the U.S. with her mother. I have never visited germany but I have visited places that are close. I feel slightly connected to my family's orgin due to celebrating holidays from that orgin.

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Sammi Boncel- My grandparents on my mom's side are from the Philippines and my mom was born there. They moved to America because my grandpa joined the U.S. Navy. They lived in a bunch of different places like Hawaii and Florida. My grandpa basically brought our whole family here to America so they are all very thankful. Whenever we go to my grandparent's house in Texas there is always a bunch of family and it is really fun with a lot of traditional food and games. I have not visited the Philippines yet but I am hoping to.

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My famly is mostly from Ireland and Russia. I know the people on my dad's side moved here to avoid being put into concentration camps during World War 2. I don't know about why my mom's dad's family moved here, but my grandma was from Mexico and she moved here a few decades ago so her parents could get a better job. I have never been to Ireland or Russia or anywere in europe, but i have been to mexico.

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Asher Miller - My family moved here from rural Alabama. They were very poor and ate a lot of fast foods and barbecue. They had a few animals in a small barn. Their source of income was a jewelry store. They collected guns and went hunting.