Joan wrote: > This is absolutely true. My ancestors were German > and Irish. At one time there was such a stigma to > being an emigrant that people would try to hide > their "foreignness." My grgrandmother told her > children to never speak German outside of the home. > There was much prejudice in the late 1800s and > turn of the century. Joan Things haven't changed much, have they? Plenty of prejudice still exists concerning "foreigner", only they're not German and Irish anymore.... Anne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com