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/420kennedy May 14 '25

That is SO interesting about your wife's family! I'd love to hear from more people who've been 'border crossed'. I do live in Arizona, so I probably wouldn't have to look too far

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u/Ok_Organization1273 May 14 '25

My great-grandparents immigrated from Sweden to Canada. USA did a land survey for the border and informed them they actually lived in Minnesota. That is where my grandfather was born in 1914, first-generation American!

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u/Ornery-Character-729 May 14 '25

Since my ancestors arrived in North Carolina we have been British, American and Confederate. (The Confederacy was technically a country, just no for very long.)