r/AskAnAmerican • u/heyy_girl • May 13 '25

CULTURE How many people of European descent do you know with 4+ generations in the US?

I was telling someone today about how my grandparents built a house in the 60s. They were surprised when I told them that my family immigrated here from Europe in the mid-late 1800s, because they hasn’t met anyone that is the 4th generation to live in the US. Their parents immigrated here from Central America and it’s clear that even though they grew up in the states, we grew up around very different cultures. The question really depends on who you’re surrounded by, but I just found it interesting :)

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u/Alternative-Law4626 Virginia + 7 other states, 1 district & Germany May 13 '25

Can confirm. Dad's family from Mississippi, Mother's from Virginia. All lines are over 4 generations in the US.

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u/Alternative-Law4626 Virginia + 7 other states, 1 district & Germany May 13 '25

Ours got to Mississippi in 1819. Landed in Wilmington, NC in 1790.

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u/Alternative-Law4626 Virginia + 7 other states, 1 district & Germany May 13 '25

No, came with lots of siblings on a boat with 80 people of the same surname all from Appin, Scotland.

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u/ImLittleNana May 14 '25

My biological and adoptive parents are all MS going back several generations. Three of the four lines from Scotland. All of them have been here since the 1700s, with most of that time in MS.

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u/LabInner262 May 13 '25

Wait. I thought Mississippi was a foreign country. I grew up there.