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Joined: 11 Sep 2018 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: -
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Posts: Total: 11 / In This Archive: 11 		From: America
Speaks Polish?: No
Interests: Polish culture, History

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AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

Hi, I grew up polish in America but after taking a dna test I was crushed and saddened im only 20% polish and I felt like I didn't belong anywhere. Growing up my family on my mother's side was so proud to be polish. Every event was polish food and every holiday everyone got something polish, from hats to doormats it was a positive and healthy experience but now I feel like I have no where to celebrate or go. I feel like my life was a lie and my mom told me that I shouldn't feel bad or sad but somehow I do.
AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

Thank you! On my fathers side is german (I have a german last name but if I move to Poland I'm changing it to my mothers very polish maiden name) I'm just happy and proud to be apart of a very happy and positive culture of people where everyone is welcomed!
AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

In my opinion I'm a little embarrassed to be American. A lot of negative stuff goes on here and I feel in my heart that I do not belong. I'm going to college next year and I'm studying abroad to Athens Greece. I want to be apart of a rich heritage where it's still alive and not negative. To be American is very different then people make it to be. That's why I'm proud to be polish. My grandfathers grandparents came from Poland and they kept the culture and heirlooms alive and rich.
AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

My mom visited Poland once and was so amazed by their culture they way the were so friendly and whenever I'm down she tells me about her travels and how history is still alive and it's sad that in America a lot of our monuments are either destroyed,put away or overly protected.
AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

My Greek Connection is that I'm studying Greek mythology and I want to enrich the culture and my name is Greek. My mother named me after a feminist and I feel proud but yes I am American and I'm embarrassed because for the rest of my life I'll be labeled in different cultures as an fat lazy American who is culturally insensitive and it's sad that I'll be known as that.
AlexandriaM3009   
11 Sep 2018
USA, Canada / I'm struggling with my culture - I grew up Polish in America. DNA test. [37]

Like I said I'm only going to Greece to study classics which makes since because it's based there. The whole point was me freaking out because In America everything has switched roles everything that was made fun of is now considered a beauty standard. For example brown or dark eyes are appreciated more but light eyes are not beautiful anymore. I have blonde hair and blue eyes and I had no culture because I thought I wasn't polish enough. I'm not saying I'm 100% polish. My family through out the years has celebrated it from my grandpa to my mom. It isn't something we started celebrating, we've had it for more then 78+ years.