# Immigrants to the U.S.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 15, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128 "2011-07-15T14:36:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128/41 "2011-07-18T10:44:06Z")

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One set of grandparents came from Italy and Poland, the other ones were from New Mexico back when it was Old Mexico.

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128/42 "2011-07-18T11:03:26Z")

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Shoot, I should have changed my answer. I answered “Longer ago than great great grandparents,” but just remembered one of my great great grandfathers did immigrate to Texas from Scotland (or possibly he was Ulster Scots, I forget which).

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128/43 "2011-07-18T12:35:03Z")

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My maternal grandmother and grandfather were immigrants, from Romania and Russia, respectively.

My paternal great grandfathers and great grandmothers were immigrants. On my grandfather’s side, they technically came from Austria, but it was an area that is now Poland. I don’t know about my grandmother’s side, though they may have come from France.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128/44 "2011-07-19T03:30:47Z")

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Mine is as simple as possible. All four of my grandparents emigrated between about 1885 and maybe 1902. My mother’s parents as children and my father’s as newlyweds. Both parents were born in Philadelphia as was I. As to where they emigrated from, it was eastern Europe (Lithuania) or Russia or territory that went back and forth. No one was ever quite sure.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrants-to-the-u-s/589128/45 "2011-07-19T13:43:24Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Mine is as simple as possible. All four of my grandparents emigrated between about 1885 and maybe 1902. My mother’s parents as children and my father’s as newlyweds. Both parents were born in Philadelphia as was I. As to where they emigrated from, it was eastern Europe (Lithuania) or Russia or territory that went back and forth. No one was ever quite sure.

Hm, maybe your grandparents drank in my Lithuanian grandmother’s taproom, in what is now called Northern Liberties.

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