Family Ethnicity :: essays research papers

Name           championship          The impact of ethnicity on my familySubject     Due Date          Growing up, my family consisted of my mother, become, and my leash brothers. My beget was of German decent and my mother was of Irish. There was a print attached to being a German Ameri bottomland back in the late 1940s and as a result, my father would have cypher to do with this German heritage. He changed his name from Willie to William and as a large(p) disappointment to my grandparents, refused to learn the German language. Even with his attempts to keep his ethnicity out of his life, my father retained many of the German traits of his parents. He is extremely hardworking and thrifty. The feeling of going into dept makes him physically sick to his stomach. He would never own a credit card. To make a major purchase such as a car or ap pliance, he would take a second and sometimes a 3rd job so he could contain cash for the items. I like to think that I inherited my fathers work ethics. But I know for a incident that I dont have an ounce of his thrifty ways, nor do my daughter. I miss the German foods that my Grandmother used to make. Now that she is gone, I wish I had some of her recipes. The only German foods I can make are potato pancakes and German Potato salad, which my daughters love, or at least they say they do so they dont disadvantage my feelings.     I hardly knew my mothers parents. They both died before I started kindergarten. My grandfather love beer and died of cirrhosis. I suppose that this could go along with his Irish ethnicity. My mother is a strong catholic and had plans to become a nun before she met my father. As long as I can remember, my mother would give up a pleasure in her life and spend time praying for something to chance or not happen to one of her sons. Example s are      She gave up vino and prayed that I wouldnt be drafted during the Viet Nam war. I received a medical examination exemption for a back problem.     She gave up between meal snacks and prayed that my brother, Kevin would espouse his live-in girlfriend. Kevin is in his mid 40s now and is still living with Patty. Mom doesnt pray for this anymore since Kevin is the only of her 4 sons that hasnt been divorced yet.