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wnylib

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25. And quite a few of us have ancestry from more than one of those 3 categories.

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Except for Native Americans, We Are All of Immigrant Stock! [View all] MineralMan 17 hrs ago OP

I agree totally Just_Vote_Dem 17 hrs ago #1

Trump's Grandfather Was an Immigrant. MineralMan 16 hrs ago #2

Even (many) Native Americans migrated in the continent through Siberia-Alaska Justice matters. 14 hrs ago #33

His mother was an immigrant, as well, from Scotland. Bumbles 14 hrs ago #34

Thanks! MineralMan 14 hrs ago #35

You're most welcome. Bumbles 14 hrs ago #37

All of us or our ancestors wound up here in one of three ways: Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #3

Well said. yardwork 16 hrs ago #6

And quite a few of us have ancestry from more than one of those 3 categories. wnylib 14 hrs ago #25

I still can't wrap my head around the stupidity... Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #4

Simple answer: the evil doers play on people's prejudices. yardwork 16 hrs ago #5

They believed it before Reagan came along EYESORE 9001 16 hrs ago #10

Oh definitely! Reagan just made it acceptable again. yardwork 16 hrs ago #11

True TexLaProgressive 16 hrs ago #7

Have you ever looked up the history of the Indigenous nations in LA niyad 15 hrs ago #19

We Are All Immigrants ahnakneemoose 16 hrs ago #8

Yes, but they were here long before the Europeans arrived. MineralMan 16 hrs ago #9

Correct and Understood (n/t) ahnakneemoose 16 hrs ago #12

I actually agree Lategame 15 hrs ago #20

Or to take it further, everyone outside of wnylib 14 hrs ago #31

Even those of us whose ancestors didn't willingly come (n/t) appmanga 16 hrs ago #13

Yes! MineralMan 16 hrs ago #14

Acc to lore, all of us today got off the boat - Noah's Ark. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #15

LOL! MineralMan 15 hrs ago #16

Yes surfered 15 hrs ago #17

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which flavour pizza do you like? niyad 15 hrs ago #21

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Aw, Heck! I Missed That. MineralMan 14 hrs ago #27

You didn't really miss anything. MIRT was, of course, right on it! niyad 8 hrs ago #40

Americans come from every continent on the planet.... California Kid 14 hrs ago #23

As far as we know. MineralMan 14 hrs ago #28

A distraction. relogic 14 hrs ago #24

Absolutely! My ancestors were German and Irish FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #26

Nobody in my family had an interest in geneology. MineralMan 14 hrs ago #30

A lot of the info is searchable on line now, but you need to know a few basics FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #36

Same with my mom's family. I know they were here for quite a while, but didn't know anything about them. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #38

The young JFK wrote a book called "A Nation of Immigrants". greatauntoftriplets 14 hrs ago #29

As the grandson of one immigrant, and the son of wnylib 14 hrs ago #32

Haven't missed his latest OTT rant. LeftInTX 13 hrs ago #39

I'd go farther and say EVERYONE is a migrant. WarGamer 8 hrs ago #41