Where do we come from?/ ¿De dónde venimos? by Angels Natal

Profe Natal. Badalona, Spain

angelsnatal — 2025-02-27 02:46:12 UTC

I was born in Badalona, a town on the Mediterranean coast, north of Barcelona. Badalona was founded by the Romans in the second century BC. My mom was born here too.

Profe Natal. León, Spain

angelsnatal — 2025-03-07 00:07:17 UTC

My dad was from Leon, a city in Western Spain. Leon was founded as a Roman military encampment in the year 29 BC. My dad moved to Badalona when his parents passed away. He was a child and he went to live with his uncle and aunt, and their four sons.

Leon has beautiful buildings and the magnificient gothic cathedral you see in the picture.

Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland

2025-03-12 11:59:38 UTC

Mr Sheehy

Germany

1898541_2 — 2025-04-04 14:21:01 UTC

Grandpa from mom

Santiago

Lyon, France

2025-04-04 14:21:18 UTC

Sarah Martin

France

2025-04-04 14:21:42 UTC

My ancestors on my dad's side are French. They eventually moved to Canada and then to the US. Some stayed closer to the Canadian-US border than others. I have family in Maine, for example.

Castlebar Road, County Mayo, Ireland

2025-04-04 14:21:55 UTC

Sarah Martin

City Of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

2025-04-04 14:22:03 UTC

My mother was born in Manila and lived in the downtown area.

My father was born and raised fourty minutes from Manila in a city called Cavite.

England, UK

2025-04-04 14:22:17 UTC

My ancestors from my mom's side are very mixed in terms of where they are from. I am Austrian, German, Irish, Polish, and more, but I am mostly English from that side.

Ireland

2025-04-04 14:22:40 UTC

My dad's family is Irish and so is my grandma on my mom's side. My dad's family immigrated to the United States before my grandparents were born.

Guatemala( Neal H)

2025-04-04 14:22:55 UTC

This is where my moms side of the family comes from and they migrated from here to escape the Guatemalan civil war which started in 1960.

Arjun Sanghvi - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2025-04-04 14:23:14 UTC

Mumbai is where my mother and her family come from. This is where my ancestors have lived for five or six generations.

Bicol, Philippines

2025-04-04 14:23:28 UTC

Gwen B. - My grandparents from my moms side come from Bicol, Philippines

Neiva, Huila, Colombia

2025-04-04 14:23:35 UTC

My mother is from Neiva,Huila-Colombia.

Isabella Monroy

Spain

1898541_2 — 2025-04-04 14:23:37 UTC

Grandpa from dad

Santiago

Bolivia

1898541_2 — 2025-04-04 14:23:56 UTC

Mom and Dad

Santiago

Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines

2025-04-04 14:25:02 UTC

Gwen B. - My grandparents from my dads side come from Naga City in the Philippines.

Poland

2025-04-04 14:25:05 UTC

My grandpa's family on my mom's side is from Poland, they immigrated to New York before my great grandparents were born

Ben Shield - Sicily, Italy

2025-04-04 14:25:07 UTC

My great-grandfather (on my Mom's side) immigrated to America from Sicily in the early 1900s on a boat. When they first reached America, he and his sister were the only two in the family who knew any English.

Austria

2025-04-04 14:25:39 UTC

My great grandma immigrated from Austria because she was escaping prosecution because of World War Two.

Lucy Hoebler

Warsaw, Poland

2025-04-04 14:25:40 UTC

Arjun Sanghvi - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

2025-04-04 14:26:06 UTC

My dad and his side of the family are all from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He immigrated to the United States seeking education and newer job opportunities.

Nyla K-Punjab, India

2025-04-04 14:26:11 UTC

My dad's side of the family is from Punjab, India and my grandfather moved to the United States to go to university and find better job opportunities. Many of my extended family members still live in India.

Mercedes Umaña, Usulutan, El Salvador

1911355_2 — 2025-04-04 14:27:04 UTC

All my family is from Mercedes Umaña.

Jennifer

Ben Shield - Ireland

2025-04-04 14:27:12 UTC

My dad's side of the family immigrated to the US in some of the earliest days of America (+250 years ago). They came in a large group with other Irish immigrants.

Poland

2025-04-04 14:28:10 UTC

My ancestors on my dad's side are from Poland.

Lucy Hoebler

Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia

2025-04-04 14:29:37 UTC

My father is from Barranquilla -Colombia.

Porto, Portugal

2025-04-04 14:30:26 UTC

Nazli - My mom's side of the family was living in Portugal (she's jewish) and then they moved to Turkey and Jerusalem. My mom actually has Portuguese citizenship due to her ancestor's root being in Portugal

Ataşehir/İstanbul, Türkiye

2025-04-04 14:31:34 UTC

Nazli - My dad's side of the family is from here!

Nyla K-Africa

2025-04-04 14:31:39 UTC

On my mother's side our ancestors are from Africa, but we don't know where in Africa we are from.

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

2025-04-04 14:33:36 UTC

Mom and Dad. Josue

Miami, FL

2025-04-04 14:33:56 UTC

My dads side of the family was born here and because they also have family who migrated from Cuba as well which we are connected to.

Cork, Ireland

2025-04-04 14:34:13 UTC

My ancestors on my mother's side immigrated from Ireland circa 1890. - John Poplawski

Poland

2025-04-04 14:35:38 UTC

My ancestors on my Dad's side mainly immigrated from Poland. Hence the last name "Poplawski" - John

Germany

2025-04-10 23:45:15 UTC

Russia

2025-04-10 23:45:51 UTC

My Dad's side of the family is from here.

Freiburg, Germany

sturtevantal27 — 2025-04-10 23:46:12 UTC

My grandmother came from Freiburg, Germany. It's Northwest of the capital city, Berlin.

Italy

2025-04-10 23:46:22 UTC

My Mom's side of the family is from here and they have a heavy Italian culture.

Ireland

2025-04-10 23:47:26 UTC

My Mom's side of the family is from here. I don't like Irish food.

France

2025-04-10 23:48:13 UTC

My Dad's side of the family is from here, and I am actually learning French right now. They are also Canadian-French.

Canada

2025-04-10 23:48:24 UTC

Rotterdam, Netherlands

sturtevantal27 — 2025-04-10 23:50:13 UTC

I have family from Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is just south of the capital city, Amsterdam.

Poland

2025-04-10 23:51:40 UTC

My Dad's side is Polish. We don't have Polish traditions, though, since we have so many different Nationalities. My family is very diverse.

Italy

2025-04-10 23:53:31 UTC

I eat Italian food a lot, and so does my family. My mom's side is heavy Italian. We enjoy things like pasta, pizza, or chicken tenders quite often.

Lisbon, Portugal

2025-04-11 00:03:12 UTC

My mom along with the rest of her side of the family was born here. They immigrated to America because my Great Uncle and Great Aunt got job offers that they immediately took because they were very poor at the time.

Ponta Delgada, Portugal

2025-04-11 00:07:59 UTC

This is where my dad and the rest of his family lived. When my dad was 7, they moved to America. What's funny is that my dad's last name was Santos, but when he came to America my grandfather put down Camelo as our last name for some reason. Also, since both my parents have Portuguese citizenship i do as well.

Connacht, Ireland

2025-04-11 00:58:30 UTC

Ethan Gunn, my Dad's side of the family came primarily from Ireland, specifically Connacht, which is a region in Northwest Ireland

Québec, QC, Canada

2025-04-11 01:02:03 UTC

Ethan Gunn, my mother's side of the family is French Canadian and Italian. I am a little more French Canadian so that is what I put here. I also didn't know whether to put this pin in France or Canada.

Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

2025-04-11 12:26:29 UTC

My Mother's Grandmother came to America from Örnsköldsvik, which is a small city in Sweden.

Fraine, Province of Chieti, Italy

2025-04-11 12:32:42 UTC

My Mother's Grandfather Came to America from the small Italian village of Fraine. In the late 1800's pretty much the entire village picked up and moved to New Jersey, but for some reason my Great Grandfather went to Minnesota instead.

Neustadt-Süd, Cologne, Germany

lobelli27 — 2025-04-11 13:02:25 UTC

Lila Lobel - My great great grandmother (on my dad's side) lived in Cologne during WWII. Her daughter, my great grandmother, then fled to England, and later migrated to the United States.

Wales, UK

lobelli27 — 2025-04-11 13:07:16 UTC

My family on my mom's side emigrated from Wales, England, and Sweden, hence her maiden name Welch, which means "from Wales"

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

2025-04-11 13:10:49 UTC

This is where my dad is from. He moved to Dehli India when he was 16, and later came to the USA to get his masters. He lived on the beach and grew up right next to the ocean

New Delhi, Delhi, India

2025-04-11 13:12:50 UTC

My moms family is from here. she grew up in Saket and then moved here at the age of 8. Later my dad moved here as a teenager too. It is the capital of India.

Quebec, Canada

belbustija27 — 2025-04-11 14:48:54 UTC

Jack Belbusti, Quebec Canada

Germany

belbustija27 — 2025-04-11 14:49:15 UTC

Jack Belbusti, Germany

Exeter, England, UK

2025-04-11 15:24:24 UTC

My grandfather and my mother are from England.

Fabriano, Province of Ancona, Italy

2025-04-11 15:39:10 UTC

My great-grandpa was born in Fabriano but migrated to the United States in his 20s.

Vietnam

2025-04-11 16:16:33 UTC

Italy

2025-04-11 16:16:45 UTC

Casablanca, Morocco

2025-04-11 16:17:13 UTC

Duisburg, Germany

lobelli27 — 2025-04-11 16:21:42 UTC

Lila Lobel - My great opa lived in Duisburg, Germany, and later moved to Mannheim, Germany, until the start of WWII, when he emigrated to Newburgh, New York.

Donegal, Ireland

2025-04-11 16:25:07 UTC

Ireland

2025-04-11 16:26:02 UTC

Scotland, UK

2025-04-11 16:26:13 UTC

England, UK

2025-04-11 16:26:23 UTC

Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland

2025-04-11 16:27:57 UTC

Sicily, Italy

2025-04-11 16:28:47 UTC

Frei Inocêncio, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

2025-04-11 17:53:26 UTC

Frei Inocencio in Brazil is where my mother and her family grew up in before my mom immigrated to the US.

Haiti

2025-04-11 17:55:39 UTC

My dad's side of the family immigrated from Haiti to Brooklyn New York.

Undach Luhar Faliya, Gujarat, India

2025-04-13 23:06:03 UTC

My mother and her family are all from Undach Luhar Faliya in Gujarat, India.

Sonvada Bhagat Faliya, Sukhesh, Gujarat, India

2025-04-13 23:09:56 UTC

My dad and his family are all from Sonvada Bhagat Faliya in Sukhesh, Gujarat, India.

Netherlands

2025-04-14 11:46:26 UTC

My great-grandparents moved from the Netherlands to America and shortened my last name.

Ireland

2025-04-14 11:47:08 UTC

My Grandmother on my moms side was from Ireland.

Ireland

2025-04-14 12:06:27 UTC

My Mom's side of the family came from Ireland.

Germany

2025-04-14 12:07:53 UTC

My Great Grandfather on my Dad's side came from Germany.

Ireland

2025-04-14 15:09:19 UTC

Ireland was the birthplace of my grnadmother and the vast majority of my family traces their roots to Ireland on both sides.

France

2025-04-14 15:11:37 UTC

In addition to Ireland my family can trace much of its history to France and Germany though with the majority being in France I decided it was a better representation of my family history.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

2025-04-14 15:39:07 UTC

My mom and I were born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. We have many relatives in the city, which is gorgeous and exciting.

Germany

2025-04-14 17:22:21 UTC

This is where my grandmas grandpa came from

Poland

2025-04-14 22:53:16 UTC

This is the town, which used to be called Maly Polem, where my great-grandfather was born, according to a Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database. Then, during WWII, he fled to the United States.

Naples, Italy

2025-04-14 23:00:31 UTC

On my dad's side of the family, the last person not from the United States was my great-great grandfather, who came from here in Italy.

Cachoeira da Prata, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

mourame27 — 2025-04-15 00:14:01 UTC

This is the city my dad grew up in before he moved to the US.

Resplendor, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

mourame27 — 2025-04-15 00:15:59 UTC

This is the city that my mom grew up in before she moved to the United States.

Campo Grande, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

2025-04-15 02:17:53 UTC

My mom grew up in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Her father owned a farm house there, and still does to this day.

Ireland

2025-04-15 02:25:47 UTC

My father's side of the family can trace it's ancestors back to Ireland. Both my grandmother and grandfather had Irish heritage. I'm not sure which part or which generation moved to the USA. I'm very disconnected from this part of my heritage.

Paracatu, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

2025-04-16 12:48:08 UTC

I was born here, my mother was born close to here. My dad was born in Bahia, where his grandfather founded many towns. Pedro Lino

Managua, Nicaragua

2025-04-21 14:02:44 UTC

My dad was born in Nicaragua before moving to Honduras when he was young. From there he came to the US with his family.

Victoria Reyes

Oruro, Bolivia

2025-04-21 14:04:33 UTC

My grandparents moved from Bolivia to New York where my mom was born

Victoria Reyes

Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela

2025-05-18 20:33:58 UTC

Ireland

2025-05-18 20:34:35 UTC