Disability

I also like the diversity of living in a city. I enjoy nature and being in the countryside, but for daily living, I prefer the city.

Some of my father's ancestors were in this country since 1636. The others were here for thousands of years before that. My mother was first generation American whose parents came from northern Europe. So my father's Native ancestry is not obvious in my mixed ancestry appearance. I'm often mistaken for having other ethnic ancestries, like Italian or French Canadian, etc.

Consequently, I hear racist diatribes about Native Americans from people who think that they are talking to a "pure" European American. I set them straight every time.

After my grandmother died, my grandfather's significant other for many years was a Jewish woman. The daughter of one of my cousins married an African American man. We are family and we are American.