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Personal Narrative: My Immigrant From Spain
I talked to my great grandmother, on my moms side, and asked her many questions about our ancestors. "Most of the generations I know about have lived in New Mexico. Usually when people ask us we say Spain because we know our ancestors didn't come from Mexico. I'd say Spain" she said word for word. I also asked her how long ago they came and she didn't know so I assume they came a long time ago.

I asked my mom about the family on her dads side and she said they came from Spain as well. The ancestors on my moms side came from Spain. I don't know about the ancestors on my dads side because I don't have many connections to my dad. I do know that my dad came from Ohio but that
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