Immigraion Story in America

 I have an image of America, “America is an immigrants’ country”. But, even if I came to America, I cannot feel that directly because most people look similar in eau-claire. That is different from my thinking about various kinds of Americans I watched from television. To know about immigrants, I asked to my roommate about her ethnic backgrounds because her last name is Krentz, which is somewhat unique in America. Her father’s side is German, and her mother’s side is British. That is why her last name is German. She knows very well when her ancestors immigrated to America. Her father’s ancestors immigrated to America in 1850’s and mother’s ancestors immigrated in 1700’s. She supposed that they came to America to seek opportunity of jobs and achieve the American dream like other enormous people. Because they lived in America for a long time, there is no one in her family who speaks German or contacts with any relatives in the old country. She also does not observe their family’s traditions or legacies from old country. But, she researched genealogy about her family last year because it was homework in her psychology class. She felt that it was interesting to know about her ancestors. I also feel interested that her ancestors are German and British. It is not common thing in Korea because almost of all Koreans are from same ancestors. However, many Americans’ ancestors are from various countries. When I asked that to other Americans, they also said their ancestors are German, Austrians, Poles and Indians. It is very interesting for me and now I can be sure that America is an immigrants’ country.