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1)How and Why did your family come to the United States

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1)How and Why did your family come to the United States

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in 1967 my grandparents moved to Canada, adopted my uncle, and had my dad. They then in 1973 moved to Santee California United States. In which my dad grew up. My mothers family in the early 1800s came here from Ireland into Iowa and when her great grandfather came to California they were in the bay area as well as the San Fernando Valley.

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2)What were the obstacles that they met?

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2)What were the obstacles that they met?

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On my dad side there were employment and administration issues since my grandparents were first time in the United States and immigrating. Most people would get a sponsor who would help them get across and become citizens and get jobs. They would be vouch for and such. as well in the late 1800s early 1900s when my mother's family immigrated from Poland and Ireland they faced a lot of discrimination because they were Irish and at that time the Irish were not valued. And since my great great grandmother only spoke Polish they had to learn English which was super hard on the family because they could not get anything done without learning English.

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3)What was going on Historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family

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3)What was going on Historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family

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During 1973 the OPEC oil crisis was taking place in which my grandparents had to deal with financial instability as most people did during the time. As well in the 1930s and 40s when my mom's grandparents came to California and started serving in the military, there was World War II which took a toll on everyone as well as the great depression was just being ended which caused a big toll on everyone's financial stability

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this is a photo of my family crest

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here is a photo of my immediate family