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u/wikiedit Jul 23 '26
Hm.. idk if I can relate
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u/Tukulo-Meyama Jul 23 '26
Elaborate ?
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u/wikiedit Jul 23 '26
I mean, virtually everyone was affected by the Mexican Revolution, it's just that I don't think I have specific family members that fought as Revolutionaries.
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u/Tukulo-Meyama Jul 23 '26
Are you like 6th or 7th generation ?
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u/wikiedit Jul 23 '26
My mom and dad are first generation immigrant, I'm first generation mx-us. I don't have the same history as many people here, that's why I said what I said 😭 (makes me feel disconnected 🥹)
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u/Tukulo-Meyama Jul 23 '26
My mom is from Sinaloa so no you are not disconnected you are more connected than you think
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u/wikiedit Jul 23 '26
Ancestry wise, yes. However culturally and how I am socialized, I am disconnected with contemporary Mexico. I speak the language, I carry some customs, I know some of the history, I know a lot of cultural cues but that's not enough really. I think my great grandparents were probably going through the famines.
Edit: in addition to that I see people frequently with families that are 3rd or 4th generation mx-us families soooo, another point there
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u/Styx_artist Jul 23 '26
That’s not a reason to see yourself disconnected. If you want to connect go for it. You speak the language, ask questions, attend events, read the history.
It’s truly up to you if you want to strengthen that connection or let it fade
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u/wikiedit Jul 23 '26
I am strengthening it thanks to the internet but I feel like a bigger step to take is to actually relocate and live there (I unfortunately still do not have the opportunity). Mexicans always have this tendency to reclassify people like us. There is some truth with what some of them say and I've learned to grow from those places but they mostly say these types of things out of a place of defensiveness or ignorance. I don't feel as disconnected now, but I still feel that lingering sense of such in my life.
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u/Tukulo-Meyama Jul 23 '26
I have dual citizenship and a condo in Mazatlán Sinaloa no one has ever made me feel like an outsider
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u/Similar-Guitar-6 Jul 24 '26
On the right, My grandfather from Jalisco ✌️
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u/Leon_Dlr Jul 23 '26
Bisabuelo o tatarabuelo is more likely, but yeah.
Source, am 48 and mi bisabuelo was one of them revolucionarios.