Forever thankful that this happened ...

[BRS24]

 

[Bama fan]

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Immigrants built America, and continue to add to our rich heritage. I am glad we got Geno in the exchange.

 

[mbr33ct]

I'm on my 60th myself, our ship, the Julius Caesar took 10 days to cross the Atlantic. Same with my Father..he came here 3 years before the rest of family. At the time, this seems to be the MO for immigrants to come here.

 

[DefenseBB]

My forefather’s ship took 66 days to get here, leaving on Sept 6 arriving on November 9, 1620, a little ship named The Mayflower...

 

[HuskylnSC]

My forefather’s ship took 66 days to get here, leaving on Sept 6 arriving on November 9, 1620, a little ship named The Mayflower...

I knew they should of put oars on that sucker!

 

[Fairfield Fan]

My grandmother and grandfather (separately) arrived in New York from ireland in 1907 in steerage on a ship of the White Star Line.

Proud of them!

 

[Steelerone]

Welsh, German and Choctaw and grew up in Pittsburgh which is heavily populated by Polish, Italians and African Americans and believe me, it doesn't get any better for food or friends. The only dislike we had in common were the Cleveland Browns. Some things never change.

 

[pacific 44]

My people arrived in Pennsylvania over 100 years ago. Some of us went to Penn St. while others of us ended up in the state pen and we all love the huskies. Go Blue as i actually went to Uconn. Lets be bad for wcbb this year huh. Why wait.

 

[Rixxx]

My ancestors arrived in Philadelphia in 1738 and established farms in Berks County. Over time, some of the original farm land was donated/acquired for the Reading Municipal Airport.

 

[Bigboote]

Welsh, German and Choctaw and grew up in Pittsburgh which is heavily populated by Polish, Italians and African Americans and believe me, it doesn't get any better for food or friends.

My first house was in an area that had a huge immigrant population. The food was awesome. Within walking distance you could get just about any type of Asian or Latin American food. Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, Brazilian. . .

There was a park with botanical gardens a couple of blocks from our house, and we loved walking around there and trying to identify all the languages we heard spoken. There were times when ten groups would pass us before we heard the same language twice.

Me, I'm a plain-old yankee. English side first arrived in 1620, the French side in 1636.

 

[nutmegger]

My grandmother came over in 1913 on the Carpathia, which was the ship first on the scene to rescue survivors from the Titanic the year before.

 

[Tontobruto]

my ancestors walked here from Siberia 10,000 years ago.

 

[Bigboote]

my ancestors walked here from Siberia 10,000 years ago.

Is that a bittern in your avatar?

 

[Crossover]

Is that a bittern in your avatar?

Or a yellow-crowned night heron?

 

[Ozimoto]

Dad's side arrived in the early 1800's. Most settled in southwest PA and western Maryland. Others moved on to the Ohio territory.

Mom's family arrived from Ireland in the 1850's and settled in western Maryland working in the coal mines.

 

[Tontobruto]

Is that a bittern in your avatar?

Black-crowned night-heron