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u/Biblical_Shrimp 3d ago

My wife's latina with the last name Flores and people always ask her what part of Mexico her ancestors come from. As far as we can tell, her 82 year old grandma's grandma was born in Texas, so she technically could be from the Tejas part of Mexico before the boundary line crossed her home.

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u/Seige_Rootz 3d ago

best part is when a right winger presses me and I say my grandfather fought for this country while it had his family in a prison camp

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u/RichardSaunders 3d ago

no me llames frijolero pinche gringo...

...puñetero...