Re: Culture / Ethnicity
- What is your ethnic / cultural background?
I was born in the States and spent my entire childhood and young adulthood in Texas. My dad was born and raised in Wales, my mom in Canada. Dad's grandparents were English immigrants to Wales on his father's side and Welsh way back on his mother's side. Mom's grandparents immigrated to Canada from Ireland on her mom's side and Scotland on her dad's side. So I'm 100% British isles whitey.
- How big a role does it play in your life?
As a kid I think I felt more British than American, as the way I was raised was much more like a Welsh child than a Texan one. I don't think there's anything particularly significant about this culturally, just little things about the way we ate and how we talked and drinking tea from an early age and stuff like this.
- How far removed are you from the immigrant generation of your family? (in the end we are all immigrants, except for the Natives)
Answered above. First-gen American.
- Do you maintain any traditions from the "old country"?
I drink a lot of tea and watch a lot of soccer. That's about it.
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