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I have a CS Ozzie friend who came over to visit 2 years ago.
He had been born in Ireland, but moved to England at the age of 2.
He left there at 17 and travelled the world, before settling in Australia where he has lived all his life.
He always thinks of himself as Australian, but when he came to Ireland, he felt like he was home. His sense of humour, his sense of self just felt Irish. He felt complete.
He went back a renewed man.
He had been born in Ireland, but moved to England at the age of 2.
He left there at 17 and travelled the world, before settling in Australia where he has lived all his life.
He always thinks of himself as Australian, but when he came to Ireland, he felt like he was home. His sense of humour, his sense of self just felt Irish. He felt complete.
He went back a renewed man.
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KNenagh: My parents have the same heritage and a similar background and the way our schooling system worked, we were very much aware of our history.
Living in another country makes me notice some differences in culture in some instances, but it's also the case that I chose my friends and surroundings completely on my own.
Living in another country makes me notice some differences in culture in some instances, but it's also the case that I chose my friends and surroundings completely on my own.
I never bothered with any of this stuff when I was young because things were simple. Of course, things never really are all that simple.
The region where my paternal grandmother is born was found to have been a bronze age settlement (2000 b.c.) but I can't find anything predating 1500-something in the way of records.
Do you think the old saying that you have to know where you come from to know where you're going is true?
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Nidifugous: Do you think the old saying that you have to know where you come from to know where you're going is true?
It depends on the circumstances. For me, even if not living at home, I will always consider Aachen home and I'm close to my family and we know what goes on in each others life. My family had a big influence on me. Doesn't mean I'm not doing my own things as I'm getting older.
I don't know if it's the same for adopted kids, my niece is adopted but so far doesn't want to visit or know much about the country she was born in. She could do with some direction in life (for her own sake), but I don't know if things would differ if circumstances would have been different.
Your family and surroundings can have a positive or negative impact on every person and the direction we take in life.
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i cannot go back .to find my heritage......this i do know tho...????...my grandad was a pilot...(kamikaze)....who worked for british airways.....who meet my granmother a belly dancer in tukey.....but then joined the japannese airforce..(only doing one mission).......??????.....
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truheart1941: i cannot go back .to find my heritage......this i do know tho...????...my grandad was a pilot...(kamikaze)....who worked for british airways.....who meet my granmother a belly dancer in tukey.....but then joined the japannese airforce..(only doing one mission).......??????.....
Kamikaze pilots had a job for life!
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mollybaby: Kamikaze pilots had a job for life!
true...but no pension......????? dont seem fair.
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truheart1941: true...but no pension......????? dont seem fair.
They don't really have need of a pension, do they?
Win win!
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mollybaby: I have a CS Ozzie friend who came over to visit 2 years ago.
He had been born in Ireland, but moved to England at the age of 2.
He left there at 17 and travelled the world, before settling in Australia where he has lived all his life.
He always thinks of himself as Australian, but when he came to Ireland, he felt like he was home. His sense of humour, his sense of self just felt Irish. He felt complete.
He went back a renewed man.
He had been born in Ireland, but moved to England at the age of 2.
He left there at 17 and travelled the world, before settling in Australia where he has lived all his life.
He always thinks of himself as Australian, but when he came to Ireland, he felt like he was home. His sense of humour, his sense of self just felt Irish. He felt complete.
He went back a renewed man.
I suppose what he thinks of himself is what matters in his case. It's great that he was able to go on that trip. I've heard of many people who ended up somewhere in the world going back to where they would have lived under normal circumstances. It seems to be a profound experience for those folks. There was something on TV here not so long ago about people who cannot reenter Iran and they travel to the Turkish/Iranian border to have a look at their native land.
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KNenagh: It depends on the circumstances. For me, even if not living at home, I will always consider Aachen home and I'm close to my family and we know what goes on in each others life. My family had a big influence on me. Doesn't mean I'm not doing my own things as I'm getting older.
I don't know if it's the same for adopted kids, my niece is adopted but so far doesn't want to visit or know much about the country she was born in. She could do with some direction in life (for her own sake), but I don't know if things would differ if circumstances would have been different.
Your family and surroundings can have a positive or negative impact on every person and the direction we take in life.
I don't know if it's the same for adopted kids, my niece is adopted but so far doesn't want to visit or know much about the country she was born in. She could do with some direction in life (for her own sake), but I don't know if things would differ if circumstances would have been different.
Your family and surroundings can have a positive or negative impact on every person and the direction we take in life.
Oh most definitely. I have a friend who was adopted and because the records are sealed, he will probably never know where he came from. We've speculated because he looks distinctly nordic, but judging by looks is like shooting at a black cat in a dark room.
The issue of heritage esp. with adoptive cases also arises with illegitimate children where the father disappeared to his home country and the child looks different from the kids in his environment. As you know that was a big issue in Germany after the war when the occupying forces left a lot of kids.
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truheart1941: i cannot go back .to find my heritage......this i do know tho...????...my grandad was a pilot...(kamikaze)....who worked for british airways.....who meet my granmother a belly dancer in tukey.....but then joined the japannese airforce..(only doing one mission).......??????.....
... and you got that story from your turkish mammy?
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dads is English with a few Irish in there,
grew up in Yorkshire England so think of our self's as English
true Yorkshire puddings,
but now live in Australia,
Who do you identify with? considering you were born in England, but are living in Australia?