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My parents are immigrants from Korean and I'm 2nd-gen as I was born in Canada. I hope that I can sacrifice and give to my children in the way my parents did for me. I want my kids to understand that hard work and discipline bring prosperity and that they don't "deserve" anything.

I'm also 1.5. My parents were immigrants and I was born abroad. My parents gave up everything to immigrate to America so we grew up without a lot of money at first. They worked super hard and we ended up ok. My husband and I both grew up similarly and it has definitely affected the way we view money and family. I hope my kids grow up understanding what it means to work and not expect things to be just handed to them (meaning..spoiled!!).

Yup, parents were born in Europe, my dad finished high school and went to college in the US, my mom came to the US after marrying my dad. All three of us kids were born in the US.

Now, I live abroad and my son was born abroad, but he is still considered an AMCIT.

Nope, as my husband likes to tease me, I'm "Mayflower material". He would have been, but his ancestors got on the wrong boat.

My mom is super proud of the geneology, but my husband and I always joke around about it.

@Mrs. Bee: American Citizen. Most people think he's not, but since he was born abroad to an AMCIT living abroad, he qualifies, much like McCain!

@Mrs. Yoyo: I'm definitely more interested in it now that I have a kid. My mom and I are going to start reviewing the family tree during our monthly "grandson visits"

We live a little over an hour away, so once a month I'm going to start driving over and hang out for the day so my parents and grandparents can see Cam.

My parents were immigrants. My older sister is a 1.5'er and my other siblings including myself are second generation.

I am 1.5 generation as well. My parents are immigrants, I came here when I was 7 and I'm a legal resident alien still! (citizenship test is so exp!!)... Korean was my first language and I still speak it fluently. I think our kids will be 3rd generation though since DH is completely "American" and both of us speak English in our household.

i'm "2nd-generation"... was born here. although i think that's the asian way of saying it. american american people say that we're the "first generation".... i was born here. hubs came here when he was like 3, so i don't consider that 1.5 generation. i think he's more like 1.75. lol. (i consider those who came around JHS or so is 1.5)... our kids will be 3rd generation.

I'm 1.5 too. My parents are from Philippines and we immigrated to the US before my 5th birthday. They supposedly spoke Tagalog, English, and Spanish when I was a baby. But I remember going to ESL classes in the 1st grade. I went to pre-school in the Philippines but skipped kindergarten because we were moving around, my father was in the military and we moved around from LA to Florida to relatives in LA before finally settling down.

My parents forced me to speak Tagalog at home and I remember hating it, but I'm really glad they did.

I'm 1.25 as I was born in Korea but came here as an infant.