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Sail to America! This is Laura's family migration story.
My
father’s side of the family has been in America since around the time we
won our independence and not much is known about when and where exactly
they came from, only that we have English and German ties. My
grandmother recently discovered that we are related to John Adams, and
early president of the United States. On my
mother’s side my grandparent were Dutch and German. My great
grandparents moved from Holland to America before WWI. They were of the
poor working class in a province called Freeceland which had its own
language and often experienced prejudices from their own countrymen. My
great grandfather lost his
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