Country of Origin
My Mom’s side originated from Poland, while my Dad’s side is from England and Ireland. After talking to my mom, I found out that my Grandma came to America in the 1930s when she was 2 years old after her father died in Poland. My grandma and her two siblings lived with their mother in Chicago until she passed away when my grandma was 16. After this, they stayed in the same townhouse and raised all their families. My grandma and my grandpa, who I call Busia and Dziadzi, both grew up speaking Polish, but chose not to teach their children as they wanted them to focus on english and fit in with other Americans around them. I would love to travel to Poland, since we celebrate that side of our heritage the most. I have grown up eating many Polish foods and listening to Polish music so I would love to be given the chance to see where half of my heritage is from. On my Dad’s side we are ...