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Grandparents' origins and jobs

same place Taiwan where were your grandparents born uh on my dad's side Taiwan my mom's side he came from China yeah so what did your grandparents do for a living um my mom's si...

Course: Close relationships and home lifeSection: Personal and family historySubtitles: en

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born

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same place Taiwan

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where were your grandparents born uh on

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my dad's side Taiwan my mom's side he

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came from China yeah

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so what did your grandparents do for a

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living

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um my mom's side uh he was a soldier my

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dad's side he was a businessman

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were you born in the United States I was

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born in Washington DC

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and where did you grow up I grew up in

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Washington DC

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uh when were you born I was born in 1967

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where were your parents born my dad was

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born in Germany and my mom was born in

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New York City

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and what did your parents do for a

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living my mom's uh an attorney and my

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dad was a labor lobbyist

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where were your grandparents born

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my grandparents were born in an area in

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between Russia and um

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Poland and both both of them I think one

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was born more toward Poland and one was

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born more toward Russia or in Russia

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than the others were born in a little

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town in Germany

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