My Family Immigration Story

After being asked by the professor about my family’s immigration story, I am motivated to find out more about my family’s history. Most of the time, people do not have the opportunity to ask their elderly family, relatives about their ancestors. It is really amazing to learn more about my family history. It never comes to my mind till now. To gather more information, I asked my mom, my older brother, my grandpa, uncles, and aunts. They are really being helpful. My ancestors happened during the year of the Spanish Civil War, ruined of Aztec, Independence of Mexico, civil wars in Mexico, the Mexican Revolution, and Reagan's presidency when my dad got his United State of American citizenship.
I learned that my great grandparents, Mercedes and Ignacio from my dad’s side were from Tepatitlan, Jalisco in Mexico. Tepatitlan is a city in the central Mexican …show more content…
My dad has tons of family members who live in California. My dad always went to Los Angeles for vacations and he also loved California. My dad also worked in California once in awhile with his residence card. He was one of the groups that applied for the United States of America citizen during the presidency of Ronald Reagan after he signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986. Eventually, he became U.S. citizen and then brought my mom and my oldest brother to the United States of America. My parents had me in 1988 in Los Angeles before moving here in Bakersfield. My parents have four children altogether. My ancestors’ histories happened during those times of battles in Mexico, Independence of Mexico, the Mexican Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, consequent of Aztec, and how my dad got his citizen during Reagan’s presidency. Most of my ancestors immigrated from Spain to Mexico. One drop of my ancestors was the Aztec. I might be American but my bloodline is from Spain and Aztecs. That is my family’s immigration history and the backgrounds behind of