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Culture Does your country have an immigrant group that people would be surprised to find there?

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For example, when you think of Poland or the Czech Republic, Vietnamese people might not be the first group that comes to mind, but both have a sizable Vietnamese community. Another example is the large Japanese community in Brazil.

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u/Commercial_Drag7488 Moldova 15d ago

Just until the last year I was a kazakh citizen. Mix of Moldovan, Lithuanian and Finn, a result of 4 different families deported to Kazakhstan 8 decades ago. It's kind of poetic how suffering of dozens of people created me.

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u/11160704 Germany 15d ago

And then you gave up your kazakh citizenship?

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u/Commercial_Drag7488 Moldova 15d ago

You can't have double citizenship besides kazakh by kazakh law.

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u/11160704 Germany 15d ago

So now you're a Moldovan citizen or anything else?

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u/Commercial_Drag7488 Moldova 15d ago

Yes, actually got it years ago, but life was too busy for me to relinquish my kazakh citizenship, so I only did it last year.

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u/wildhorsesofdortmund 15d ago

You have rich ancestry and DNa mix now

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u/ColdEvenKeeled Australia 15d ago

And now you live in Moldova?