PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: GRANDMOTHER 2ND GENERATION AMERICAN NORWEIGEN ANCESTRY. GRANDFATHER 1 GENERATION AMERICAN POLISH/GERMAN ANCESTRY.

MY FATHER: BROUGHT UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN THE MIDWEST, MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHERE WHITE, NO DIVERSITY. HE GREW UP NORWEIGIAN/POLISH AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD. YOUNGEST OF 8 CHILDREN, BORN IN 1953.

MY DAD MOVED OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO SERVE IN THE US MARINES. THIS WAS IN EARLY 1970’S. HE WAS HE WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW IN MY UNCLES FOOTSTEPS. THIS WAS TOWARD THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: GRANDFATHER 1ST GENERATION AMERCIAN, MEXICAN ANCESTRY . GRANDMOTHER 1ST GENERATION AMERCIAN, MEXICAN ANCESTRY.

MY MOM: BROUGHT UP IN A STRICT MEXICAN/AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1955. ELDEST OF 7 CHILDREN. BORN IN 1955.