Genealogy /
how many know their own family histories? [139]
Ya I hope so 2...... but why else would you burn pics and sell things? It's like they wanted to wipe the history away
Most of our grandparents didn't want to talk about their former lives, probably because it was too painful. My grandfather would tell me "We are Americans, now" Even though we went to the Polish church, ate Polish food and they spoke Polish.
When I asked why our last name didn't sound Polish, he would tell me it was all in the Pronunciation. It wasn't till just recently thay I found out my ggrandfather and ggrandmother shortened their last names. Even their first names to sound more American.
I'm just sorry that I wasn't allowed to go to the Polish school, where I would have learned to speak Polish. They didn't want me to talk with an accent... I was an American!
I'd be grateful is someone would help me =)
What have you done to research you family names? Knowing this would give us a clue as to how to help you.