[Luis Gonzalez]

Let me know what your ancestry is, and I'll tell you what Americans thought of them when they arrived here.

Funny thing is, anytime I ask that question, the answer comes back invariably that their ancestors came here on the Mayflower, and married a native American.

According to my findings, we should change the name of Cooper's book to "The Next To The Last Mohican."

[Crusher138]

As well as I can tell, my family name came over with a British soldier during the revolution who had been impressed into service and took the opportunity of service in the Colonies to desert the British army.

My lovely spouses' family names are McFranklin and McCarville. No great mystery to how they were greeted upon immigrating. "Irish need not apply."

What we didn't see was the Irish taking over the government and then making all other government employees speak Irish.

Assimillation is the problem. Seems that many Spanish speaking people would rather be separate than integrate.