IT takes three generations to earn the culture, heritage and norms of America.
That is why they said it takes three generations to get the native dirt out from under the fingernails of immigrants. It takes that long to erase the image of their native lands.
She isj not an Americañ citizen.
I read a series of books about a guy who, in 1891-92, worked his way across America as a social experiment (proving that an unskilled worker could find a job anywhere if he looked for it. Cities were the exception.). More than once he mentioned staying with an immigrant family where grandparents spoke only the Mother Tongue, their kids spoke that and English, and their kids only English.
One of the reasons I like the old Charlie Chan movies is that while Charlie always came up with Confucius-like sayings, his kid was always popping into the room saying "Hey, pop." or words to that effect.
Years back, the Readers Digest had a tale of a enlistment officer interviewing guys during WWII. A Japanese-American kid shows up and the officers asks him if he's willing to fight against his own people. The kid's eyes opened wide and said "Geez, are we going to have ANOTHER Civil War?" Now THAT's assimilation.
I read that during the find-your-roots searches, the Baby Boomers had trouble finding out where they came from as their parents ditched everything pertaining to the Old Country - they didn't want to be reminded of all the crap they went through.