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ladanoise
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24 June 2010 at 4:43pm | IP Logged

Olympia wrote:

. It also sometimes happens with people of Asian descent that I
know, but more often they or their parents can speak the language and have preserved a lot of the culture. I don't
know why it is that people with ancestors from those parts of Europe feel more connected to their ancestry.

When I am asked, I tell people that I am half Danish because my grandparents were Danish and I grew up with a lot of the culture. As an American I have other strands but Danish is the only strand that is linguistic and cultural. As a matter of fact, my children tell people they are a quarter Danish and they want to visit relatives in Denmark - the Danish strand is strong!

Edited by ladanoise on 24 June 2010 at 4:47pm

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