Count me in the Hunkie reunion! Both paternal grandparents off the boat from Poland, both maternal grandparents from Slovakia. One grandfather was a coal miner, one a steelworker. My little Slovak grandmother used to call us gypsies when we acted up. You know, my parents had a “mixed marriage”, what with a Pollock marrying a Slovak. Heresy.
i had a steelworker and a coal miner for grandpas too! and my Lithuanian grandma used to warn me about Italians, all the time! they are a different kind of people, xs, she would say!!! HA and i married one!!