Community Chat

[depglass]

With all this talk of immigration I got to wondering, am I second generation or third generation?  My grandmother was born in Finland and family came over in 1903. 

[YorkieonmyPillow]

If you were born in the US, I don't think you are an immigrant....

[Caligurll]

Only one of my parents was born in the US so I consider myself first generation.

[sunshine45]

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@Caligurll wrote:

Only one of my parents was born in the US so I consider myself first generation.

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@Caligurll

this is me also....... first generation US born on my fathers side.

[Wahoogaz]

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@depglass wrote:

With all this talk of immigration I got to wondering, am I second generation or third generation?  My grandmother was born in Finland and family came over in 1903. 

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If your grandmother's children (i.e. your mother or father) were born in U.S. - that would make them first generation ... making you second generation US-born. If your grandmother's children (i.e., your mother or father) were born in Finland and then came here, that would make you first generation US-born.

[cherry]

I don't know about all of my family ,just a bit on both sides. My fathers side came here in the 1600's

My mothers side is part Native American ,so I have no way of knowing how far back that goes. Both sides married   immigrants, so I am pretty well a Heinz 57 type

[muttmom]

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@depglass wrote:

With all this talk of immigration I got to wondering, am I second generation or third generation?  My grandmother was born in Finland and family came over in 1903. 

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I would think your parent would be first generation so that would make you second generation.

I have immigrant grandparents so consider myself second generation.

[Wahoogaz]

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@cherry wrote:

I don't know about all of my family ,just a bit on both sides. My fathers side came here in the 1600's

My mothers side is part Native American ,so I have no way of knowing how far back that goes. Both sides married   immigrants, so I am pretty well a Heinz 57 type

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I think most of us are ... whether we know it or not.

[Nancy Drew]

YOU are not an immigrant. You are a descendant of an immigrant. This is why people need to research. So much misinformation out there.

[Isobel Archer]

Interesting topic.