[Cadaverous Pallor]

My mom was born and raised in South Africa. My dad was from Chicago. They met and married in Israel and moved to LA when I was a baby. I have dual citizenship.

My dad's father was a first gen American and my dad's mother was born in the old country and moved here as a young girl. I get muddled on who was from where - his mom from Latvia I think, his dad's family from what was Yugoslavia.....though the family name is German....yeah I suck at the history, my family didn't really get into that stuff. All I know about their families is that my grandmother's father had a furniture business that he put his life into. My grandfather's family is a big blank, as his father was "a jerk" so I never heard much about it.

My mom always said she'd never have come to America of her own volition and she'd definitely be in Israel at this moment if my dad hadn't dragged her here. I never thought I was "first gen" when thinking of her side, since she isn't exactly here to pursue life liberty etc.