Our class heritage Per 4 by Maria Godinez

Ruben Jaramillo, Baja California, Mexico

mgodinez27 — 2023-09-18 04:00:59 UTC

Sra. Godinez. (1) My grandparents migrated from Jalisco and Nayarit To Baja California Mexico. In the early 1950's and 1960's and my parents met and married in the tiny town of Ejido Ruben Jaramillo just south of the beautiful beach city of Ensenada. My grandfather worked as a Farmer, Welder (he was one of the best in Baja at the time) He also worked as a fisherman, and my other grandfather worked as a farmer, horse jockey, and laborer. Some fun stuff to do there is go to the beach, Hiking, Dirt bike riding, Eating fresh seafood, and simply relaxing with family. (2) My family speaks English and Spanish and many times even Spanish. We code-switch between the languages all the time especially with verbs but we understand each other and we speak both languages daily. When we visit our parents (My kids grandparents) Or when we go visit family in Mexico, we use mostly Spanish. (3) We love some chilaquiles, tacos, Enchiladas, Fish tacos, We also love a delicious in-n out burger, sushi, and some pizza. (4) We do celebrate Dia de muertos because my husband's family Who is from Central Mexico has always celebrated. We love to get together for Christmas with family in Mexico most years. We also have adapted Halloween as a tradition and we have celebrated with our best friend for the past 10 years. We also celebrate days like dia de la rosca, Thanksgiving, and New Years eve.

Ryan Castro-Metro Manila, Philippines

2023-09-18 19:36:06 UTC

(1) My Grandparents on my mother's side were born in Metro Manilla, Phillippines in the 1950s. My Grandfather grew up in the north section of Manilla where he competed in basketball tournaments and later moved to America in the 1990s. Same with my Grandmother, she also immigrated in the 1990s. Together, they had 4 children. (2) The language that my family dominantly speaks is "Tagalog". Most of my family, including me, can understand and speak Tagalog. (3) My family's favorite cultural food is "Sisig" and "Lumpia". Personally, I enjoy my family's cultural food and our favorite desserts from the Philippines are "Biko" and "Halo-Halo". My family tradition is to open 1-2 presents at midnight and open the rest on Christmas day. Also, our traditional Christmas dinner is called "Boodle Fight". Essentially, this is a dinner where we spread all the food on one table and eat as a family.

Switzerland

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:36:55 UTC

My Grandma was Swiss
Bayle hunnicutt

Netherlands

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:37:31 UTC

My great grandpa was dutch
Bayle Hunnicutt

Netherlands

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:38:47 UTC

my grandma is dutch
bayle hunnicutt

Seoul, South Korea

900022285 — 2023-09-18 19:39:05 UTC

My mom's side of the family is from Seoul, South Korea. I was born there and lived there for 6 years. Seoul is a large mega-city that has over 26 million people. My dad's side of the family is from Ireland. My grandparents own three beef restaurants. My family from my mom's side only speaks Korean while my dad's side of the family only speaks English. My family from my mom's side loves Korean BBQ and we celebrate Chinese New Year's as well as Christmas.

Taipei City, Taiwan, Timothy Louie

2023-09-18 19:39:22 UTC

(1) My grandparents on my mom's side immigrated from Taiwan in the mid 1900's. My grandpa on my dad's side grew up in China, but left in the 1940's during the communist uprising. He came to america when he was 8 and met my grandma in southern california where they had three kids my dad being the youngest. (2) In my family we speak both english and madarin chinese to communicate and especially with our grandparents. (3) My family's favorite food is chinese cuisine like dim sum. (4) One of our family traditions is that every lunar new year we get together to celebrate. We eat hot pot together and later exchange red envelopes.

London, UK

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:39:38 UTC

Grandpa is english
bayle hunnicutt

Germany

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:40:00 UTC

my grandpa is german
bayle hunnicutt

Santiago, Chile

2023-09-18 19:40:41 UTC

Ella Jones: My family comes from a very large variety of ethnicity: British, German, Irish, Jewish, and Chilean. Although my heritage mainly comes from Europe, my family mainly embraces our Chilean culture since my Grandma (from my father's side) immigrated from Santiago when she married my Grandpa. They lived together in Santiago for a few years together before moving to Ecuador and having my aunt, and then moving to Hawaii and having my dad, and then moving to Maryland and living there for a few years before moving to California. My Grandpa's family came from Britain to Alabama in the late 1800s after the American civil war. He met my Grandma when he was stationed in Santiago while he was in the Navy. On my mom's side, my grandpa's great grandparents immigrated from Czechoslovakia to Wisconsin in the early 1900s. On my grandpa's mom's side, we think that they arrived from Britain during the first few years of early European settlement. My grandma's dad's family moved from France to New York to flee nazi persecution during WWII. Her mother's family immigrated from Ireland three generations before since my great grandma used to talk about her grandparents speaking Irish. The majority of my family speaks English, but my Grandma from Chile is fluent in Spanish as well and all of my second cousins from Chile also speak Spanish. My family really likes all of the food my Chilean grandma makes: Cazuela, empanadas, pastel de choclo, and more. For traditions, we celebrate together as a family Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Easter.

1440 E Stearns Ave, La Habra, CA 90631, USA

900022530 — 2023-09-18 19:40:43 UTC

Where I live
Syana

Sonora, Mexico

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:41:39 UTC

grandma and grandpa are from sonora mexico
bayle hunnicutt

1019 E Erna Ave, La Habra, CA 90631, USA

900022530 — 2023-09-18 19:41:53 UTC

Where my grandparents live (mom side) Not from here originally
Syana

Fullerton, CA

9000225541 — 2023-09-18 19:41:54 UTC

My family used to speak spanish but now we speak english. My family is from Mexico but im not sure which parts. My familys favorite foods are enchiladas, pasta, and pizza. Our traditions are celebrating eachothers birthdays by having dinner.

Nayarit, Mexico (Giovanni Carrasco )

2023-09-18 19:43:05 UTC

(1)My family comes from Mexico, my moms side is from Nayarit and my dads side is from Veracruz. I speak spanish to majority of my family and enlgish with cousins and other family members that were born in USA. Our favorite foods are enchiladas and pozole. Some of our family traditions always gathering our huge family during thanks giving and christmas

West Covina, CA 91790, USA

900022530 — 2023-09-18 19:44:53 UTC

My grandparents live in West Covina (dads side) syana

Zacatecas, Mexico

2023-09-18 19:49:41 UTC

Elijah Pasillas,
Both of my grandmas and my grandpa from my dads side all were born in a little small town in mexico called Zacatecas and crossed the border through the Rio grande to get to america when they were teenagers.They all speak Spanish and only know a few words in English. Some of my families favorite dishes are enchiladas, tamales, and posole. On Christmas eve my moms side of the family and I all go to our grandmas house and throw a little get together and open presents at night.

Fullerton, CA (Emma Lee)

2023-09-18 19:52:17 UTC

My dad's side of the family is originally from Mexico but I'm not sure which parts because it was so long ago. My great great grandpa originated in Fullerton, CA and his parents spoke Spanish because they were born and raised there. My great great grandpa had one son who is my great grandpa. He helped to find a small church in downtown Fullerton that is now known as Wilshire Ave and my family still goes there to this day. The picture above is what downtown Fullerton used to look like. My family makes and enjoys many traditional Mexican foods such as chilaquiles, enchiladas, and tamales. My grandma makes tamales with my mom every Christmas for dinner. We also all gather to celebrate holidays like Thanksgiving and Easter.

Tule Lake, California (Kadin)

900016049 — 2023-09-18 19:53:31 UTC

1. and 2.) My Great Grandma was born in Hiroshima, Japan, but my Grandma was born in a relocation camp at Tule Lake. My Great Grandma's family spoke Japanese while my Grandma speaks a little Japanese and my family speaks English. My Grandpa was born in Hawaii and speaks English.
3.) My family's favorite food is pizza from my parents restaurant, curry that my Grandma makes, chicken tacos that both my Mom and Grandma make and Din Tai Fung.
4.) Our family traditions include: getting together on Birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and going on family vacations to Hawaii and Japan.

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

2023-09-18 19:55:01 UTC

(1) My dad migrated from Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea to West LA, CA and my mom migrated from Seoul, South Korea to Diamond Bar, CA. In the early 2000's my parents became close after my mom was working for him as a server at his restaurant in LA.(2) When I was younger I would fluently talk to my parents in Korean but now my parents still try to mainly speak to me in Korean but I respond back in English.(3) My family's favorite food is anything kimchi, burritos, and sushi.(4) We have tteokguk every new years, seaweed soup every birthday, and kbbq on family meetups. We like to spend family time every Sundays after church and have dinner out.

Russia Causcasian Mountains - Jeffrey Agalsoff

2023-09-18 19:55:16 UTC

1) All of my ancestors were at one point from Russia. Most of them migrated to Los Angeles, CA, but my grandma on my dad's side went to Ensenada, Mexico, where some of my family still live. Now, most of my family lives in Whittier or La Habra. 2) My Grandpa on my mom's sides native language is Russian, and my grandma on my dad's sides native language is Spanish. Now we all speak English, and I know a little bit of Russian. 3) My family doesn't necassarily have favorite foods, but we have Turkey on Thanksgiving and prime rib on Christmas. 4) We celebrate all of the holidays like Christmas and thanksgiving except for Halloween.

Guanajuato, Mexico

2023-09-18 19:57:40 UTC

Elijah Pasillas,
My grandpa from my moms side of the family was born in 1964 and lived in Guanajuato for about 12 years until he decided to cross the border by also crossing a river. He also only speaks Spanish just like the rest of my grandparents, but knows the least English out of all of them. Some of his favorite dishes he likes to eat are posole, tamales, tortas and more. He likes to hold a lot of get together s at his house and throw party's. One family tradition we do with him is we all go over during the winter and help make tamales for Christmas.

Cersosimo, Province of Potenza, Italy

2023-09-18 19:57:59 UTC

1. My moms side of the family is from Italy. My grandma and grandpa immigrated from Italy when they were super young. Before they came to America they used to spend lots of time making there own food. They used to wash their own clothes and dry them. They would do everything on their own. 2. They learned how to speak English but Italian is still spoken around. 3. My family's favorite food is lasagna. We eat it every Christmas and my Nanna makes it. Our favorite dessert is biscotti cookies that my grandma makes. One of our family traditions is celebrating Christmas all together. We eat together and then wait some time and have desserts then open up Christmas presents. We do this every Christmas Eve.

Suffolk, VA

900016072 — 2023-09-18 19:58:27 UTC

Bayle Hunnicutt 1. My Grandma on my dads side is from Switzerland and Netherlands my Grandpa is from France and Germany. They live in Whittier California. My Grandma and Grandpa on my moms side is from Sonora, Mexico. They are now separated but one lives in Arizona and Chino Hills. I was born in Suffolk Virginia but then moved to California after a tornado but my house when I was 2. Now we live in Brea california. 2. My family has spoken spanish to each other in the past but now we all speak in english to each other. 3. My families favorite foods are tacos, burritos, enchiladas, steak, mash potatoes and some pastas. 2. Some family traditions is the family gathering on every Thanksgiving, christmas, and easter. We have a party every christmas eve and santa comes over. For Halloween we always go trick or treating with my best friends and cousins and friends. In Easter we go to church and go easter egg hunting.

Norway

900016038 — 2023-09-18 19:59:43 UTC

My great grandma was born in Europe, Norway. She and my great grandpa grew up there all their lives. They were in the richer areas of Norway. They spoke Norwegian. When my grandma was born, she lived there her whole life too. Till she gave birth to my mother, she moved to North Dakota with my mom. My mom was about 5 years old when she moved, they lived on a farm, with many cows and horses, in the country road. They lived there for about 2-3 years after my grandma's husband died, then they moved to California. Where I was born. By the end of all of this my grandma has 8 husbands, 5 of them died, and 3 divorces.

Mark Mitry - Alexandria, Egypt

2023-09-18 20:02:00 UTC

My grandparents grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and were mostly poor their entire lives. They had 4 sons, my dad being the eldest. He, being the oldest child had left for America first when he was only 17. He left to establish a home for his family back in Egypt to migrate to. The family eventually migrated and he continuously went back and forth from Egypt to America while still in school. They speak mainly Arabic and learned English, but it is broken. Our favorite foods include macaroni bechamel, mahshi, kofta, and rice. We are a part of the Coptic Orthodox religion so our traditions are primarily based on the religion, but some are taken from Egyptian culture as well.

Panindícuaro, Michoacán, Mexico

900022477_2_1 — 2023-09-18 20:02:41 UTC

My family came from Mexico. My mom's side came from Paninidícuaro, Michoacán and my dad's side is from Pénjamo, Guanajuato. I speak Spanglish to my parents, Spanish to my extended family, and English to my siblings and cousins. Our favorite food is Pozole, Corundas, Carne asada, Arroz con leche, and Sopa de conchas. My favorite traditions we do are quinceañeras, dancing with Chinelos at the quinces, celebrating Christmas on the 24.

Sicily, Italy

900016039 — 2023-09-18 20:03:48 UTC

My heritage-
On my mom's side, my family is Italian. My great-grandmother migrated from Sicily, Italy. She spoke fluent Italian and even taught her kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids some words and phrases! But, we only speak English. When my grandmother was still alive, we would go to her house every Tuesday for an unforgettable Italian dinner! We would have pasta, sausage, meatballs, sauce, lots and lots of cheese, and of course, garlic bread. Italians love cheese but I am not the biggest fan. One of our family traditions is to eat an even bigger Italian meal on Christmas Eve! That is one of my favorite days of the year because I get to eat all of my favorite foods. Another tradition we do is we open one present on Christmas Eve from my grandma which is always shoes!

Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico

900022477_2_1 — 2023-09-18 20:03:58 UTC

where my dad is from

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

900022329 — 2023-09-18 23:16:11 UTC

My mom is from San Luis Potosi but my dad is from Aguascalientes. They don't speak English so we only speak Spanish at home. My family tradition is reuniting with our whole family and making tamales together. -Adriana E

Tonga

2023-09-19 03:01:55 UTC

-Nathan Katoa

My dad's side of the family is from the island of Tonga. My grandpa was born in Tonga and only spoke Tongan. The foods that we eat aren't really my favorite nor do we have our own foods but they eat pig and a special drink that most Tongans like myself drink called kava. Whenever a family member passes the funeral is a day long, and every one of that person's family and friends come.

Norway - Isaac Hampson

900022624 — 2023-09-19 04:25:56 UTC

(1) I have family from Norway, Germany, and the UK. My great great grandfather came from Norway and settled in Washington state which is where my mom was born and I have family that came from Germany in the late 1800's, they lived in North Dakota for a while and then moved to Washington during WWII due to the hatred they received because the were German. My great grandmother on the other side of the family was British and I have an ancestor that came to America on the Mayflower. (2) Now, my family only speaks english, but in the past my family would have spoken Norwegian and German. (3) Some foods my family likes are Stroganoff and Carrot Cake. (4) Whenever we go see my mom's side of the family we play cards, our favorite card game to play is one we call Aw Shucks.

Britain, United Kingdom

900016042 — 2023-09-19 04:48:33 UTC

(1)Most of my family is from the UK, especially on my dad's side. My mom's side is mostly Swedish. (2)My family only speaks English and that is the usual language we communicate in. (3)Our favorite foods have to be my dad's homemade pizza or sushi! (4)We don't have many traditions in our family, but one prominent tradition I should point out is our (mostly) yearly camping trips. We have done these almost every year of my life!

Attiswil, Switzerland

2023-09-19 04:56:58 UTC

(1) My mom's side of the family is Swiss and Nicaraguan. They met in Whittier, CA. My dad's side of the family is from Spain and Germany/Russia. His parents also immigrated over here as adults, meeting in California. (2) My dad was raised in a Portuguese-only household, having to learn English as he grew up. Although at home we only speak English, my grandmas speak Spanish more often, while Portuguese is almost never used. (3) Our favorite foods are gallo pinto, and raclette. (4) We usually enjoy Christmas dinner with a Swiss dish such as fondue.

Penjamillo, Michoacán, Mexico

2023-09-19 05:45:19 UTC

My grandmother on my dad's sides parents are from Penjamillo Michoacan. it also happens that my grandfather is also from the same area. Later on my great grandparents moved to Chicago and my grandmother was born there. she told me that she moved to LA when she was in third grade and that my grandfather moved to LA when he was 15. My grandparents still reside in LA and that is where my father is from.
-Damaris Baez

Córdoba, Ver., Mexico

2023-09-19 05:48:23 UTC

My mother was born in Cordoba Veracruz Mexico and came to California with my grandmother and her sister her entire side of the family remains in the Puebla of her origin and i have yet to be able to go visit them.
-Damaris Baez

Orange County, CA

2023-09-19 06:00:16 UTC

My siblings and i were born in the orange county area of California and i was raised for two years of my life in LA yet we ended up on the Brea La Habra border. My family follows our Mexican roots of tradition in the sense that we practice dia de los muertos, the kings day, and other generally hispanic things but we embrace our fully mexican american way of life in the Americas. in my family we speak both spanish and english at home while my brother is still struggling a bit to get comfortable with the language he tries. our favorite foods include posole, tamales, tacos de lengua, spam fried rice, and pretty much any food we make or buy together. We celebrate christmas, halloween, thanksgiving, and pretty much all of the holidays, but my favorite holiday tradition of ours is end of the world dinner on new years eve. we started this tradition in 2012 which is when the Mayan calendar ended and at the time people were getting all scared. the idea came from a movie called signs and my father is kind of a geek so we adapted it to our family.
Damaris Baez

Matagalpa, Nicaragua

900016089 — 2023-09-19 06:26:00 UTC

Alexandria Robles - My mom's parents came from Nicaragua to the US back in 1988 for a better life for my mom and themselves. Back in Nicaragua, the political party was becoming a horrible situation for all. My mom stayed back in Nicaragua while my grandparents found work and got an apartment to establish themselves a bit before bringing my mom. My mom came December of 1988 with her aunt, who brought and reunited her with my grandparents. My mom's side of the family all speak and write fluent Spanish. At home, we speak english, but my mom at times will speak in spanish to both me and my brother. Our favorite dishes are gallo pinto with cheese, and also nacatamales. During Semana Santa which is celebrated in March, also known as Holy Week, my grandma always makes Buñuelos. They are made from yuca and are fried, and a syrup is made for it. My mom looks forward to each year for my grandma to make them.

Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico (Israel)

900022521 — 2023-09-19 06:27:52 UTC

1) My great grandparents on my mom’s side met with my great grandpa coming back to Jalos after he was sent to the US to avoid the Cristero War happening at the time, however when he was sent a letter about his mother passing away that was supposed to be sent to him months ago, he moved back to Jalos where he married my great grandmother. Then they started having kids throughout upper Mexico jumping from state to state having kids until they had my grandmother along with a few uncles after that. They then all migrated to the US after my great grandpa found a good job from one of my uncles who was already in the US. My grandpa was the same except he never moved around Mexico and stayed in Jalisco until he met my grandmother and decided to move with her in California to which they then had my mother and then she met my father who was also from Jalisco and they met and had me. 2) My grandparents only have spoken spanish up until they started living in the US where they spoke English. 3) My families favorite foods are tamales, tostadas, tacos, carnita and pollo.4) My family loves to celebrate big parties when it comes to being a teen in Mexico and make tamales near the end of the year with the whole family.

Cotija, Michoacán, Mexico

2023-09-19 19:03:28 UTC

1)My Grandma comes from the city of Cotija and my Grandfather was born somewhere outside the city. My grandma grew up on a ranch where her family grew sugar cane, corn, and occasionaly make cotija cheese. My grandfather grew up very poor so he had a tough childhood until he became an adult. When my grandparents got in a relationship they chose to move to Santa Ana in California and had 5 kids. My grandfather worked as an insurance guy while my grandmother was a stay home mom. They stayed in Santa Ana for 10 years and then they chose to move to La Habra where my Dad and his siblings went to Sonora Highschool. 2) We mainly speak English but my dad's side of the family can speak Spanish too. 3) Our favorite foods to eat are my grandma's pot roast and pizza from newly discovered restaurants. 4) My family visits each other a lot and we always go to our grandparents house and eat whatever our grandma cooks. My family takes our grandparents to vacation with us in mexico or anywhere in the summer. On Christmas eve all our relatives go to my house or my uncle's house to eat tamales and play games. On Thanksgiving, we sometimes go on vacation for 5 days.

San Pedro Cahro, Michoacán, Mexico

900016165 — 2023-09-19 19:30:33 UTC

My mom came to the U.S from San Pedro Cahro, Michoacán, México in 2001 to have a better life and to be able to raise me since there were lots of problems back then in México. My great-grandparents and grandparents from my mom's side are also from there. My family speaks Spanish and sometimes Spanglish (English as well but only my cousins, some of my aunts and uncles, and my sister, the rest of my family speaks only Spanish). My family's favorite foods are Mole, Green Pozole, Tlayudas, Tostadas de Tinga, Tamales, Uchepos, Huaraches, Sopes, and Caldo de frijoles. Some of my family's traditions are that my mom always makes Ponche Caliente on Christmas Eve and we celebrate Christmas at my godmother's house or if we can we go on vacation to Tulsa, Oklahoma to celebrate the holiday at my uncle's house (my mom's brother).

Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico

900016165 — 2023-09-19 19:34:53 UTC

My dad came to the U.S from Salamanca, Guanajuato, México in 2001 to work and to get a better opportunity to continue painting and fixing cars. My great grandparents and grandparents from my dad's side are also from Salamanca, Guanajuato. My family speaks Spanish and sometimes Spanglish (English as well but only my cousins, some of my aunts and uncles, and my sister, the rest of my family speaks only Spanish). My family's favorite foods are Mole, Green Pozole, Tlayudas, Tostadas de Tinga, Tamales, Uchepos, Huaraches, Sopes, and Caldo de frijoles. Some of my family's traditions are that my mom always makes Ponche Caliente on Christmas Eve and we celebrate Christmas at my godmother's house or if we can we go on vacation to Tulsa, Oklahoma to celebrate the holiday at my uncle's house (my mom's brother).

La Habra, CA

900022438 — 2023-09-21 04:17:09 UTC

My grandmother was from texas but moved to La Habra when she was a kid. My grandpa always lived in La Habra and he still does live here now. My grandparents from my dads side were born in california but my great grandparents were born in mexico.

Sicily, Italy

2023-09-22 02:04:37 UTC

My father's side of the family is from Sicily in Italy and they moved to New York and learned English. I don't speak any Italian but my grandfather does. He didn't teach it to his children so I know very little. Our favorite foods are pasta dishes and soups. During the winter we make pizzelles which are kind of like super flat and wide cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

Puebla, Mexico - Santino Meza

2023-09-23 06:53:41 UTC

My grandma grew up in pueblo, Mexico. She was raised their until she was 18 and had 5 siblings. My grandma speaks only spanish. My grandmas favorite food to make when we are at her house is tamales. I don´t have any specific family traditions.

Sedona, AZ

2023-09-26 04:14:11 UTC

My grandpa's family worked as mines in Arizona, but then moved to California in pursuit of better work. My family has many tradition like on St. Patrick's day (my birtihday) my family all come over and we eat corned beef and cake.

Ruben Jaramillo, Baja California, Mexico

mgodinez27 — 2024-08-22 20:39:59 UTC

Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico

mgodinez27 — 2024-08-22 20:42:21 UTC

Maria Godinez