I mostly reference 4 different ethnicities because I have grandparents whose families originate from 4 different countries.
My great grandparents and great-great grandparents all had children with families who also emigrated from the same country their own family did, and before that they were all living in their original countries, presumably having children with other people from those same countries.
It wasn’t that long ago when, in America at least, people didn’t often associate much with people outside of their own country of origin. Polish and Italian people were especially avoided from what I’ve heard, and those are both ethnicities of mine.
The Irish were treated quite badly for some time in the US as well. My family assumed a Scottish surname to try to avoid that when they crossed the pond.
I mostly reference 4 different ethnicities because I have grandparents whose families originate from 4 different countries.
My great grandparents and great-great grandparents all had children with families who also emigrated from the same country their own family did, and before that they were all living in their original countries, presumably having children with other people from those same countries.
It wasn’t that long ago when, in America at least, people didn’t often associate much with people outside of their own country of origin. Polish and Italian people were especially avoided from what I’ve heard, and those are both ethnicities of mine.
The Irish were treated quite badly for some time in the US as well. My family assumed a Scottish surname to try to avoid that when they crossed the pond.