Family History: Mexican Background Of My Family

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My family comes from a mexican background. My grandma’s name from my mom’s side is named Victoria. She was born in San Andres Timilpan, Mexico . She was a housewife who took care of her five daughters and three sons. My mom lost contact with every single one of them and has never heard from any of her family since then. My grandpa who is from my mom’s side as well also came from San Andres Timilpan, Mexico. He worked as a pyrotechnician , which is someone who makes fireworks. He worked as that his whole life since he was little with my great grandpa. He died at 43 during a firework accident. Once my mom has had a family of her own, she came to the United States and left her family at 21 with 3 of her kids at the time with my father.
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He was born in San Luis Potosi. He worked as a farmer who would pick fruit for factories. My grandma Lucy was born in Mexico City. No one knows much about her because she was killed by her husband which was my grandpa and when my dad was only 2 years old. After my dad grew older, he was abused by my grandpa almost everyday and would ask his uncle if he can live with him to get away from the situation. He grew older and moved away on his own , when that happened he met my

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