To: michael97123 who wrote (149528 ) 10/28/2004 9:50:10 AM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to My father's family was from a couple of shtetls in Latvia, although my grandparents met in the Philadelphia area. My mother's family, on the paternal side, was from the Naples area, and from the maternal side, from England, though I never pinpointed where. My English great great grandparents came after the Civil War, and were tenant farmers near the Anacostia River, in Washington. My Jewish and Italian ancestors came around the turn of the (20th) century. I have visited (made a pilgrimage to) Ellis island several times. I started out life as a Conservative Jew, but after my parents were divorced, spent time as a Roman Catholic. I am currently "unaffiliated". My family was working class and lower middle class. One grandfather worked construction, the other sold insurance. Neither of my parents went to college. My father is a sales manager/sometime broker for small printing companies.
