My Family History Essay
My Family History
Many individuals immigrate to The United States of America (U.S.A) for many reason as a family or alone. Not knowing what to truly expect in America follow someone else’s advice that life is prosperous for one’s family or one self. My family’s journey is no different from other immigrant families who settle in America, but the reason as to why people flee from their home country are very unique. As my family’s journey embarked, my mother’s family was forced to leave Nicaragua by catastrophic events, which have left them with painful memories, and yet hold patriotism feelings for Nicaragua. My father left his home country, Mexico, to be with my mother and his children. Similar to the history book of Mexicanos: A History of …show more content…
I realized there was an emotional disconnect between my mother, her siblings and my grandmother. My uncles, aunt, and my mother did not called her “mother” they called her by her first name “Emelina.” As I grew older I began to realize how traumatize my mother’s family really is. Now, interviewing my grandmother she explained why her children do not address her as “mother” and how was it that she left Nicaragua. My grandmother discloses, “When I left Nicaragua in 1973, I also left my children who I distributed each of my children with three relatives. I left them when they were very young. I was escaping from your Aunt’s father who went mad and tried to kill me. Thereupon, I grew afraid of him since I knew if I stayed by his side he would kill me and my children” (Emelina Silva). By this act, my grandmother had to sacrifice them, in order to live and provide them a prosperous future elsewhere. She decided to leave to Mexico, due to the short distance. In Mexico she planned to work hard, save money and bring her children one by one and then immigrate to the United States. As a result, my mother and her siblings resented her, for their family members mistreated them. For my grandmother the push factor to leave Nicaragua was not political, socioeconomic, or warfare it was a
Many individuals immigrate to The United States of America (U.S.A) for many reason as a family or alone. Not knowing what to truly expect in America follow someone else’s advice that life is prosperous for one’s family or one self. My family’s journey is no different from other immigrant families who settle in America, but the reason as to why people flee from their home country are very unique. As my family’s journey embarked, my mother’s family was forced to leave Nicaragua by catastrophic events, which have left them with painful memories, and yet hold patriotism feelings for Nicaragua. My father left his home country, Mexico, to be with my mother and his children. Similar to the history book of Mexicanos: A History of …show more content…
I realized there was an emotional disconnect between my mother, her siblings and my grandmother. My uncles, aunt, and my mother did not called her “mother” they called her by her first name “Emelina.” As I grew older I began to realize how traumatize my mother’s family really is. Now, interviewing my grandmother she explained why her children do not address her as “mother” and how was it that she left Nicaragua. My grandmother discloses, “When I left Nicaragua in 1973, I also left my children who I distributed each of my children with three relatives. I left them when they were very young. I was escaping from your Aunt’s father who went mad and tried to kill me. Thereupon, I grew afraid of him since I knew if I stayed by his side he would kill me and my children” (Emelina Silva). By this act, my grandmother had to sacrifice them, in order to live and provide them a prosperous future elsewhere. She decided to leave to Mexico, due to the short distance. In Mexico she planned to work hard, save money and bring her children one by one and then immigrate to the United States. As a result, my mother and her siblings resented her, for their family members mistreated them. For my grandmother the push factor to leave Nicaragua was not political, socioeconomic, or warfare it was a