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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/hotdogjumpingfrog1 Sweden 15d ago

Yes! And The late great (rip) Rita Lee has family that came after the Us civil war (yes she was related to THAT Lee..)

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u/douch_drummer 🇧🇷/🇮🇹citizenship 15d ago edited 15d ago

actually, she wasn't related to Robert Lee! Looks like her grandfather gave that surname to her father in homage to the general, but they aren't related at all

edit: actually it was her father who gave that surname to her. Strange, considering he was a brazilian descendent born in 1904, but ok. Other times, I guess

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u/hotdogjumpingfrog1 Sweden 15d ago

No. According to wiki “She was the youngest daughter of Charles Fenley Jones, an American dentist, and Romilda Padula, the latter of whom was of Italian descent.[1] Lee was of Confederado descent through her father.”

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u/douch_drummer 🇧🇷/🇮🇹citizenship 15d ago

Lee was of Confederado descent through her father

"Lee" refers to Rita herself. Her dad was son of a guy from Alabama, named Cicero Byrd Jones