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My immigrant grandparents named my mother an anglicized version of their intended name after pressure from the older children, who said, "In America you say ___
by cookiecaper 12y ago
My immigrant grandparents named my mother an anglicized version of their intended name after pressure from the older children, who said, "In America you say ____, not ____". I think there is probably something to the theory that the family gets more Americanized as the older children are raised in American culture and "correct" some of their parents' old world ways.