Personal Narrative: My Childhood Immigrants

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I was raised with just my immediate family around. The only family I had present was my father, my mother, and my older brother. I am the second born child of two European immigrants. I was born in the United States, however my older brother and parents were born in Poland. Two years before I was born, my brother and my parents moved from a small farm town in Poland to Chicago, Illinois. They came to the States with two small suitcases and a couple hundred dollars in their pocket. To start off in an unfamiliar country with little to nothing and with no knowledge of the language, to becoming home owners in a northern suburb is such an accomplishment. The drive and work ethic that my parents have raised me in has shaped me to be who I am. Hearing

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