Personal Narrative: My Personal Migration

My Personal Migration Story

My recorded family history only goes 4 generations back from me. That’s on my mom’s side. On my dad’s side we once tried contacting my great grandmother. Things did not go well, “Leave the dead alone” she says and hangs up. There isn’t much to tell about my ancestors long ago. I’m stuck to telling the stories of those who lived within the past one or two centuries. The farthest back I can think of is when European immigrants came to America. Somewhere one of my ancestors got married and had children. I don’t know who or when or where, so don’t ask. Skip like half a century and you end up with members of the LDS church. After being persecuted in state after state they finally take up on a journey of phenomenal measure.

But they populated the other side of the country so, not only was religious freedom achieved but the settlement of the states as well. They continued to settle the surrounding states like colorado and stuff, but it seems that my family stayed in the same place for some reason. I lose track of what happens between that and when my grandparents are born. I know that there were locust storms and presidents and wars. I know that the shape of our country change greatly. That’s about it. My grandparents were born in 1952 or 51. I’m not a hundred percent sure cause every time I ask they give me some cryptic answer like not young enough or 20. I know they both grew up on farms and lived in the same area. How they met I don’t know or ask. My grandpa fought in the the Vietnamese war and to this day suffer from the effects of the chemical Agent Orange. They had five daughters including my mother. My mother grew up went to college and met my dad sometime after. As you may be able to see, my grasp on time lines is very weak. They got married and about a year later had me. We lived in a small apartment and my parents had crappy jobs, in a crappy place. Somehow my dad applied for a job in the state department and got in, despite lacking many of the