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Family origins and jobs

America where were your grandparents born uh same place Columbia South America and what did they do for a living uh my parents or grandparents um your parents uh my mom worked f...

Course: Getting to know peopleSection: Everyday life and personal topicsSubtitles: en

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South

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America where were your grandparents

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born uh same place Columbia South

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America and what did they do for a

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living uh my parents or grandparents um

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your parents uh my mom worked for the

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State of California till she retired and

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my dad just did odd jobs what did your

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grandparents do for a living honestly

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I'm not sure what my grandfather did I

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know my maternal grandmother was a

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school teacher and then I'm not sure

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about my dad's side were you born in the

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United States

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yes where were you born Riverside

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California where did you grow up Palm

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Springs

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California when were you born

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1973 where were your parents born my mom

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was born in Panama and my dad was born

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here in Los Angeles

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area where were your grandparents born

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uh my one of my grandfathers was born in

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Jamaica and the other one was was born I

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believe in Oklahoma so United

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States what did your grandparents do for

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a living my grandfather worked in the

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Panama Canal for 30 years and then

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retired and then my other grandfather

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here the United States worked at

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Northrop

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