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The Stresses of Being a First or Second Generation Immigrant

I live at this interesting junction:

My mother was born here in Canada. So was every single member of her family, all the way to 1608, when they left Normandy, France. I can only imagine what life was like in the 1600s and how my ancestors felt when they got on that ship to cross the Atlantic ocean. But I would think that by the time it got down the line to my…