Quotes About Heritage

Jewish Americans have a long and proud history in Georgia and in the United States. Their story is inherently American - it is one of resilience in the face of persecution and a commitment to creating a better world.

Because we had no other relatives living in the U.K., me, my parents and my siblings continuously journeyed abroad to bond with our extended family.

I was the first of my siblings born here in the United States.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

Being half-Palestinian comes with its own challenges, especially after 9/11 and also, working in Hollywood. But denying my own father, the three siblings I have on my father's side, I would essentially be destroying my own essence. So I decided I'm going to be me.

My dad was very much a Pan-Africanist and instilled in me and my siblings a want for that knowledge.

I am from L.A., my siblings are from L.A., but both my parents are from Guatemala, and I have a lot of family members from Mexico.

I was born in in Amritsar, the eldest of the four siblings.

My granddad had a 1,500-acre hobby farm that he had built up from scratch in Western Australia, so my siblings and I spent our childhoods going there a lot.

Even with my family, I feel sort of 'other.' I'm the only one of my siblings who wasn't born in Jamaica. For a long time, I didn't feel very connected to Jamaican culture, but because I was raised so heavily with that cultural influence, I realized that my inner monologue is a Jamaican woman.

I want a baby from an Italian - possibly Sicilian - donor.

In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.

Most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side.

I grew up in the Lower East Side, an Italian American - more Sicilian, actually.

When I got married and when my sister got married, my mom made us both individual cooking books with all of our family recipes and pictures and kind of the history with our Sicilian family, so that was really special.

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

Football in Italy is like a wonderful sickness, because people are infected with this love for the sport from childhood to old age.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

On my mum Marie's side, my nana was from the Republic of Ireland, and my granddad was from the north. Lots of families in Manchester have strong Irish connections, but it never occurred to me to play for anyone other than England.

My family on my mother's side is Irish.

I'm one of 32 first cousins on my mom's side, and 25 of us are boys.