El orgullo - El mes de la herencia hispana
Soooo.. where are YOU from??! Are you a "regular American?" What is your heritage? If they were immigrants, how were your ancestors treated when they arrived to the United States? How are they treated now? What about immigrants who are entering the United States today?
Del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre celebramos en los Estados Unidos el Mes de la Herencia Hispana (Hispanic Heritage Month). Did you know that the United States recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month? Why does it begin in the middle of September? Have you seen the National Football League, the Today Show, Major League Baseball or another group honoring this celebration?
Check out this video from the NFL and this clip of the Today Show that aired while they were celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (and partnering with Telemundo) for Viva Today. Major League Baseball has also embraced Hispanic Heritage Month as demonstrated with their first bilingual broadcast during prime time of Wednesday Night Baseball. They are also promoting #ponleacento and added accent marks to their jerseys after a Twitter campaign.
Just how much do you really know about Hispanic Heritage?
NBC news asked some of these questions and you may be surprised by some of the answers!
Here's the musical artist Pitbull sharing a bit of his Hispanic Heritage with us.
Sooooooooo where are you really from??? What do you know about your family and your heritage? Does your family have a story?
Aidan Staebler. I dont know anything about my heritage except im irish and scottish.
ReplyDeleteI'm from Rhode Island. I know that my great, great grandparents immigrated from Italy.
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Kaylee Escobar
ReplyDeleteMy fathers side is Portugese and my Mothers side is French Canadian.
My great grandmother escaped the armenian genocide where she was being forced out of her home country. she then migrated to cuba, and then to america where she got married and had kids.
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My family is from Italy and Ireland. I know that my mom is mostly Italian and my dad is half, making me mostly Italian. I may have stories but I do not know them. - Anina Sherman
ReplyDeleteMy mom's side is mainly Greek and my dad's side is mainly Irish and English. On my mom's side, my great-grand parents immigrated to the US from Greece and I'm not sure who from my dad's side came over to the US. I heard that the Irish people weren't treated fairly when they immigrated, but I'm not sure how the Greek people were treated.
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My grandparents from my mom's side are from the Dominican Republic and moved to New York City and raised my mom and uncles. My dad is Irish and I don't know a lot about him.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandmother on my mom's side is from Ireland. We are very proud of our heritage and express it as often as we can. I don't know much about how she came to america and how she came to know my great grandfather.
ReplyDeleteEllie Mascena-- I am mostly Italian but I am many other things as well such as Portuguese and Polish. My great-great-grandparents on my dad's side immigrated here from Italy.
ReplyDeleteMy family from China, I was also born in China, My parents wanted me to go to the school in the United States, So, I came here.
ReplyDeleteLily Hariri. I am from North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and I am a Syrian-American. I know that my mom and dad immigrated here, and met in America. Besides My mom and dad, I don't know anything about where any of my relatives are from, or there family tree. I have some relatives with red hair, which I find kinda weird, so maybe there are other places mixed into the family tree. Everyone's family has a story, I'm just not really familiar with mine.
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ReplyDeleteMy heritage is that my great great great great grandparents on my dads side came from England and my great great great great great grandparents on my mothers side came from Ireland. Though I also have Native American, German, and Dutch in my blood.
Isabella Clow
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I know that I am mostly Irish on both my parents sides. My great grandfather was 100% Italian on my mom's side, and i'm pretty sure he grew up/moved over to America at some point for the "freedom" aspect of America.
My family is from England and Germany. My dads side come from England and moms side came from Germany. -Matt Whitney
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I am from Massachusetts, but on my Moms side I'm Irish, English, and Lithuanian. On my Dads side I am just Irish. I don't really know how they were treated when they first got here but all immigrants are pretty much treated the same now. Immigrants today are pretty much from everywhere and arent really treated fairly.
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ReplyDeleteI am from England and Italy. My great-grandmother and grandfather on my moms side immigrated here from Italy, there is a plague for my great-grandmother at Elis Island. My family from my dad's side came from England. That is all I know about my family.
My grandmother on my moms side is 100% Italian my grandfather on that side was 100% Armenian, on my Dad's side my grandmother is mostly Italian and my grandfather is mainly Austrian. My Dad's mom is from Mass and her brothers used to be the largest land owners in Boston and sold their business which became FedEx. On my Mom's side everyone had been here for a while even my great great grandparents. My dads great grandfather immigrated here.
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My family came from Ireland. I don't know too much about my story but when my ancestors got to America they had to change their last name So people wouldn't know where they came from.
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I think that Pit bulls video was very inspiring because he came from nothing and he made a name for himself because he never gave up and always worked hard. I think it is good for kids like us to hear about stories like that because we just assume that we will live good lives but we to have to work hard in life if we want things.
ReplyDeleteMy family is originally from Italy. On both my mom and dads side they are all from Europe.
ReplyDeletePitbull's video was inspiring for peoples heritage.
ReplyDeleteMy family came from Italy. I know that my great grandparents came over on a boat in the late 1800's.
ReplyDeleteMy family is from Colombia. We all love to make and eat food. My family's story is not big. My grandparents immigrated here before they met each other. They had my mom and my 3 uncles and eventually seperated.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about my family heritage but what I do know is that my mother was born in Germany and most of her family is still there. I'm German on my mom's side and mostly polish on my dad's side.
ReplyDeleteMy family is from everywhere around Europe. I got no idea how we got here though. I never heard a cool story about coming to America
ReplyDeleteIsabella Varrecchione
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about my past except im Italian
Randi Walek
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents, on my dad´s side, are both from Poland and came to this country when they were very young. My great Grandparents were involved in world war two and were put into concentration camps. Other than this I don´t know much and hope to learn more.
My family is from Italy and I believe that my great grandma imigrated from Italy.
ReplyDeleteOn my moms side, my great grandmother immigrated from Italy when she was only about 6 months old from Italy. I am not sure how my grandfather on my moms side got here or how is ancestors came to America or when they came over, but I do know that they are from Switzerland. On my dads side, his whole family is French Canadian, meaning that his ancestors came form the French part of Canada. This means that I am 50% French Canadian, 25% Italian, and 25% Swiss.
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My great grandfather on my dads's side is Irish. Other than that my family is all Italian. My great grandmother on my dad's side moved to providence from Italy when she was 16. My great grandfather came to Boston from Ireland. They married and settled in Providence. My great grandparents on my mom's side came from Italy. However, I'm not too sure how they settled here in Rhode Island.
ReplyDeleteMy families heritage is from Canada. My grandmother on my moms side came to America from Newfoundland Canada when she was around 13 years old. She came here by her selves while her family was still in Newfoundland.
ReplyDeleteSammy Goodkin
I know more about my Dad's side than my Mom's. I never knew him, but my great-grandfather immigrated to America when he was a young adult. I don't know what age he was but he was old enough to be working. He's actually my namesake. He moved to America and became a jewler. He actually made my parents engagement ring.
ReplyDeleteI know more about my Dad's side than my Mom's. I never knew him, but my great-grandfather immigrated to America when he was a young adult. I don't know what age he was but he was old enough to be working. He's actually my namesake. He moved to America and became a jewler. He actually made my parents engagement ring. - Charlie Ferri
ReplyDeleteJacob Fahrenholz: Apparently my ancestors were mostly German, because in German, my last name means "wood-carrier". So I guess they worked in the lumber industry....?
ReplyDeleteOn my dads side my great grandmother is from Italy they immagrated here before they had my poppa. On my moms side i dont know much about but she is 100% Irish. so that make me italian/Irish American.
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ReplyDeleteI do not know much about my heritage except that I know that I am Native American, Irish, French, and I do not know the rest. I do know from my moms side of the family her grandparents came from the Cherokee tribe
Mark Rossi, I dont know much but all I know is that I am part Italian because of my family fleeing WW2 and part polish I think also from WW2 but I am not sure on that.
ReplyDeleteI dont know anything about my dads side but on my moms side, my great- great-great grandparents immigrated here from France. I also know that I am Irish and Canadian.
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ReplyDeleteMy family came from Italy on both my mom and dads side. My great grandmothers and grandfathers came from Italy on boat and came here.
Joseph Sinotte D2 P2
ReplyDeleteMy families heritage came from a few different countries actually. Being Italy, French, and Irish. My Dad's side came from France, while my Mom's side came from Italy. I know that my on my Mom's side my grandma came to America when she was young. I don't know how old my grandparents we're on my Dad's side.
Ana Risebrow
ReplyDeleteI do not know exactly who in my family is from which country, but my Grammy is 100% Hungarian. She grew up in the United States. My other relatives are from Italy, Germany, Poland, Ireland, and England.
Im a lot of things, my dads side is from everywhere in Europe and Canada they also have a little Native American in them. My moms side is also European and Native American- Phill Theroux
ReplyDeleteIsaiah Ventura d2 p2: my father is Dominican and my mother is Irish-American
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ReplyDeleteon my dad's side, my great-great-grandfather immigrated to the United States as an adult and my great-great grandmother came to America from Canada. On my moms side, my great-great grandparents came from Italy.
Nathan Wilk: My family came here from Italy and started a sucsessful jewlery story in Providence that is still here today. My Grandmother is full Italian and my Grandfather is half Italian and Polish. The Majority of my blood is Italian. My grandfather served in Patton's staff as a lieutenant and fought with his men in WW2 from Africa to France.
ReplyDeleteMy moms side of the family is from the Southern part of Italy, and my dads side is from Russia and Poland. My moms great grandparents were from Italy, my moms grandparents spoke fluent Italian along with most of her family. My grandmother always loved to cook Italian foods, and passed that trait onto my mom. I don't know as much for my dads side of the family, I know that they all lived in New York where my grandmother was born. My grandfather is from Massachusetts. We celebrate all the Jewish holidays with them. - Jake M
ReplyDeletejeffy wang My dad's dad went to america cause he was the only money maker for his 4 sons 1 daughter and wife. My dad is the youngest of his family and came to america to meet his dad along with the family and dropped out in 7th grade. My mom was neighbors with my dad in China. She dropped out in 10 or 9th grade and because my dad family was very nice her dad gave her to my dad. They mainly worked in restaurants but now own one.
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Cameron Eldred
ReplyDeleteMy mom's side is Puerto Rican and my dad's side is a little German and English
Justin Ackert
ReplyDeleteMy moms side is from Ireland, but I am not sure about my father. I am Irish, french canadian, German, and English.
elijah de la torre
ReplyDeleteMy dad come from mexico and went to texas when he was 4. My mom went from jamestown to texas.
My mom is Irish, British, Portuguese, Cape veridan, and some other stuff i can't remember. My dad is Irish and Portuguese. I am going to visit Ireland soon because apparently I have a lot of family that I never met over there so that should be fuuuuuun. I don't really know much else soooo yeah :).
ReplyDelete-Samantha Murphy
My grandma and grandpa immigrated from Holland when they were 18 to find work in America, because they were in love. My grandpa was German and my grandma was Dutch.My great great grandparents on my dad's side moved from Sweden during the immigration time to have a better life. I am swedish, dutch, irish, and german.
ReplyDeleteSean Dempsey: My my great grandparents came from Ireland on a boat to New York. They then lived in New Jersey. My mom's parents then moved to New York after my grandfather came out of the military bouncing around the U.S. My dad's parents lived in New York after they immigrated over from Ireland. Then, my parents met and had me and then we moved to Rhode Island. My mom's family lives in Rhode Island now and my dad's side lives in New York.
ReplyDeleteAlright, so my family is prominently German, but I also have some English, Italian, and Irish in me. My mom´s side of the family has been in American for 2-3 generations, while my grandmother on my dad´s side left Germany in the 1950s. My Grandpa on my dad´s side is 110% Pennsylvania Dutch (German).
ReplyDelete-Zach Grossman
My dad was born and raised in Ireland. He left when he was 18 and hasn't returned since then. Up until a few years ago when we took a family vacation to Ireland. I think we are planning to go again soon! I don't really know much about my moms side of the family. She doesn't like talking about it. What I do know is that her mom is from Guatemala and then her dad is from Sicily. That's all I know for now, but I hope that I'll be able to know more in the future.
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Nathan Hoogasian
ReplyDeleteMy great great great grandfather escaped right at the beginning of the Armenian Genocide and came to America. His wife was from France and i guess she came over somehow. And my Great Grandmother came from Italy to America with her husband i think. So in order form most to least, I'm Italian, Armenian, French, Irish, and Hebrew somehow.
Alex Davis. I don't know if it was my great great or my great grandparents, but someone moved here from Germany and now i'm here. uhhh idk that's the most nationality that I am I mean my family doesn't really do anything to celebrate our Germanyness.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about my family but what i do know is my moms side of the family was from Sicily and other parts of Italy and my dads side of the family was forced out of Russia which is now the Ukraine during the holocaust.
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Daniel Blasbalg
ReplyDeleteI know that my great great grandfather came from Ireland to america and passed though Ellis Island.
Felicity Pignolet
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about my dad's side, but on my mom's side, her ancestors came from Ireland.
Cole Goulet
ReplyDeleteMy great grandparents on my mother's side immigrated to Rose Island from Belgium. On my Dad's side my grandparents came here from Canada and are French Canadian. Now were basically just American and we don't do anything to celebrate our culture.
Owen Goba, My great great grandpa moved to America from Ireland while my great great grandma moved here from Italy. On my dads side my great grandpa and grandpa moved here from Poland. I am also 1% Lithuanian. I am 25% Italian 50% Irish 24% polish and 1% Lithuanian I believe.
ReplyDeleteCaroline McIntosh
ReplyDeleteI know I am mostly norwegian, but also scottish, irish and italian. My father is itaian and scottish, and my mother is norwegian and irish.
Im from Massachusetts, but my family is from Ireland. My family has came from nothing and made it from the ground up. My grandmother came from Ireland when there was the battle for Northern Ireland. She left to america in order to make my family have a better situation than she did.
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Maggie Wettergren
ReplyDeleteMy great great grandparents on my dad's side are from Luthuania, and we know my mom is some-what Irish, but we don't know much else because she was adopted.
Colin Murphy Day 2 Per 4
ReplyDeleteI am 2nd Generation Irish American. When my grandfather was 13 he moved to America from Ireland for Opportunity. He went to Mt. Hope High School where he met my Grandmother who also moved from Ireland when she was 15. They got married at 19 and had my father a year later at 20 years old. On my mothers side my great grandfather was from Ireland and my very far back in my heritage John Adams was in my grandmothers family.
Callia Smith - I don't know exactly what the percentages are, but I am Italian, German, Irish, Scottish, a little bit American- Indian, and American! My great grandparents or great great grandparents on my dad's side came from Italy. My dad's side is Italian and american. And my mom's side is who gave me everything else.
ReplyDeleteI think Pitbull's story was very inspirational and shows how powerful it can be to learn your story. I think it shows how knowing your part can help your present and future. Overall I think it makes the viewer want to learn more about themselves.
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Nicole Oldmeadow
ReplyDeleteMy dad is from Australia and my mom is from Canada. I have grandparents and other relatives in both Australia and Canada. I think my really old ancestors are from Scandinavia. My dad came to the US for sailing and adventure. My mom came to the US because she liked it here.
Lily Prescott
ReplyDeleteI am mostly English and German, but I am a little Italian. I know my great-great-great grandmother on my dad's side moved from Italy. We always put our Christmas lists in our stocking on December 7th (my dad says that's a German tradition) and we have some family recipes from Italy and other cities in America. That's about it as far as celebrating our heritage.
Owen Grace
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure my great grandparents came down from Canada to New Hampshire and my other great grandparents came from Ireland and I am not sure where they settled in America but I think its East Providence
Marisa Coghlin
ReplyDeleteI am half Italian and half Irish. My great grandparents came here from Italy on my mom's side. But on my dad's side my great great grandparents came here from Ireland.
My dad is mostly Greek, and so is his father, this makes me about 30ish% Greek. My mom's side of the family is mainly Irish and English.
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ReplyDeletei am 50% Italian, 25% Scottish, and 25% English
on my moms side my great great grandmother came from italy and i have no idea about my great great grandfather
on my dads side my great grandparents came from italy
Drew Schwab
ReplyDeleteI am Irish and German and Scottish. My mom's dad came over from Germany around the time when Hitler was the leader and I don't know anyone that came over from my dad's side. We also don't really celebrate any of the cultures
Nate Collins:
ReplyDeleteI am 80% Irish
1/8 Ukrainian
a part Italian
a part French
and a part German
Sierra Cuthill:
ReplyDeleteMy dads side of the family makes me Scottish, Irish, french Canadian, and Swedish and my moms side of the family makes me 25% Italian and English.