What's your family like?
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My grandfather was a gunslinger in the old west. He robbed multiple banks with Jesse James and Butch Cassidy
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it's a bit complicated/don't remember the story that much but two/three generations ago (during italians' big immigration into the USA) there was a 13yo girl in my family that made two kids with an 18yo guy. the guy then immigrated to USA and none knew his address so they couldnt speak to him; turns out the guy made a new life in the USA and a family friend gave the address to the girl, the girl then told her sister to keep her two kids and went to his ex-husband to slap him in the fucking face. And this is funny, because my surname literally means 'Peace'
another rumor is that the two kids then emigrated to the USA and one of them became CEO of some postal service idk (no reliable source)
tl;dr my family didnt do anything special
another rumor is that the two kids then emigrated to the USA and one of them became CEO of some postal service idk (no reliable source)
tl;dr my family didnt do anything special
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Mom's side is Italian, father's side is Ukrainian. I'm not making any of this shit up.
My great-grandfather on my father's side was a bootlegger during the short time alcohol was prohibited in Canada. He went to prison for that as well as being a bookie and hosting illegal gambling. He and my grandmother lived in the Jewish neighbourhood in Winnipeg. I was told he was a swell guy.
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was a fascist police officer in Italy during the second world war. I don't know much, but I was told he would often come home drunk waving his sidearm around. My grandmother hated his guts.
My grandmother on my mother's side was almost left for dead at birth when the allies were bombing the living shit out of Monte Casino, Italy. Her mother thought she suffocated from dust inhalation and left her body inside a small drawer in ruins. Something made her turn around and get her back because luckily she survived. She moved to Canada in the 70's with my grandfather and raised my mother and aunt while my grandfather provided for her. She's alive and well at 70-something.
My grandfather on my mother's side was from Caira, Italy and was dirt poor when he was young. He took a piece of shrapnel to the forehead when his friend stepped on a landmine, and could only go to a German army doctor who removed it for him. In the 60's he joined the Italian army but never saw combat. He moved to Canada in the 70's with my grandmother and worked in construction for most of his life. He beat cancer a few years ago and lives to this day, he even wrote a book (I won't say the name for obvious personal reasons).
My great-grandfather on my father's side was a bootlegger during the short time alcohol was prohibited in Canada. He went to prison for that as well as being a bookie and hosting illegal gambling. He and my grandmother lived in the Jewish neighbourhood in Winnipeg. I was told he was a swell guy.
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was a fascist police officer in Italy during the second world war. I don't know much, but I was told he would often come home drunk waving his sidearm around. My grandmother hated his guts.
My grandmother on my mother's side was almost left for dead at birth when the allies were bombing the living shit out of Monte Casino, Italy. Her mother thought she suffocated from dust inhalation and left her body inside a small drawer in ruins. Something made her turn around and get her back because luckily she survived. She moved to Canada in the 70's with my grandfather and raised my mother and aunt while my grandfather provided for her. She's alive and well at 70-something.
My grandfather on my mother's side was from Caira, Italy and was dirt poor when he was young. He took a piece of shrapnel to the forehead when his friend stepped on a landmine, and could only go to a German army doctor who removed it for him. In the 60's he joined the Italian army but never saw combat. He moved to Canada in the 70's with my grandmother and worked in construction for most of his life. He beat cancer a few years ago and lives to this day, he even wrote a book (I won't say the name for obvious personal reasons).
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i'm from a long lignage of deep-sea fishermen, sailors, smugglers and buccaneers on my father's side (in brittany, the part of france with celtic roots)
they eventually started to serve on merchant vessels around late 1800s/early 1900s (my father retired but my cousins still do)
my grandfather was moved to germany to work in factories, he did a bit of sabotage, a good bunch of my ancestors are sleeping with the fishes, nothing quite special tbqh
on my mother's side, i'm from venitian migrants who came to corsica during genoese domination, and later moved to mainland france under napoleon's rule
they went for the border with switzerland and opened a watch factory (stereotype much?), father to son until my grand-mother (lone child) moved to paris to become a teacher
that's about all i can tell
nothing quite spectacular (perhaps not even interesting)
i cut the parts where it gets personnal and recent (my mother's troubled youth, my dad's dubious vision of monogamy, etc.)
they eventually started to serve on merchant vessels around late 1800s/early 1900s (my father retired but my cousins still do)
my grandfather was moved to germany to work in factories, he did a bit of sabotage, a good bunch of my ancestors are sleeping with the fishes, nothing quite special tbqh
on my mother's side, i'm from venitian migrants who came to corsica during genoese domination, and later moved to mainland france under napoleon's rule
they went for the border with switzerland and opened a watch factory (stereotype much?), father to son until my grand-mother (lone child) moved to paris to become a teacher
that's about all i can tell
nothing quite spectacular (perhaps not even interesting)
i cut the parts where it gets personnal and recent (my mother's troubled youth, my dad's dubious vision of monogamy, etc.)
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My great grandfathers lived in Birmingham after ww1 working as bookies. They set up horse races and shit and rumor had it that they also were in charge of a gang.
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My Great grandfather and my great grandmother were both in the holocaust, They have some tough stories but they survived :)
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Born Welsh.
One half brother, different dads. 5 years older than me and a massive twat that cares more about his own appearance than his douchey personality.
Overprotective mom that asks if I have recently gotten any terminal illnessess daily.
Anger-Ridden dad that is gone for most of the week on business.
Bith parents have given me masturbation techniques, jokes, tips and hints.
No one has caught me in the act.
One half brother, different dads. 5 years older than me and a massive twat that cares more about his own appearance than his douchey personality.
Overprotective mom that asks if I have recently gotten any terminal illnessess daily.
Anger-Ridden dad that is gone for most of the week on business.
Bith parents have given me masturbation techniques, jokes, tips and hints.
No one has caught me in the act.
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