Family Interview Essay

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On March 18, 2018, I interviewed my great-grandmother, Viola Fischer, over the phone. Viola is my great-grandmother on my mother’s side. Can you describe the home you grew up in? The home I grew up in was a two-bedroom adobe house. There were eight people that lived in the house. It was my brothers, sisters, and myself. What were your favorite activities to do as a child? My friends and I would play jump rope and hopscotch. What was your family life like growing up? My life was very happy. How did our early ancestors come to live in America? Well, the only ancestors I am aware of, were born and raised in America. What kind of clothes did you wear as a child? The only things girls were aloud to wear were dresses. What were some events you remember from …show more content…

How is the world different now, from when you were growing up? When I was growing up, there were no T.V.s, IPads, Phones, or any electronic devices. Does our family have any religious traditions? Our family is Catholic. How is school now, different from when you were growing up? When I was in school, grades k-12 were in one room. Did you have a good education? I was only schooled up until 6th grade. What is your earliest childhood memory? I was five, and I got loaded on a bus, and put to sleep on a bus, then I woke up, got ice cream, and sent home. That was how I got my tonsils removed… I don’t know if this happened to anyone else, other than the group of kids that were on the bus with me. It was scary. I didn’t know where we were going, or where we had been. I was also shocked. There are questions I have about that trip still to this day. Where did we go? Did this happen to other children? Those are the questions I will never get answers to. On March 27, 2018, I interviewed my grandmother, Vicky Grinstead, over the phone. Vicky is my grandmother from my mom’s side. What is our family’s ethnicity? Well, what I know of, my side of the family is Spanish, Native American, and

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