In my research on my family tree, I have learned that many people in my family line took the chance and came to America in the 1600s and 1700s, helping to forge these United States of America. I look at my life and all the freedom and opportunity that I enjoy, and I am in awe of what they gave to me. And it is not only my ancestors but all the goodhearted people who were brave to try a new land across the Atlantic and make their way. So many people lost their lives in the earliest days of this American experiment, and so many children did not make it. When I consider all the sacrifice, I can hardly fathom what it would take to do what they did. I also have family in my line who kept coming over in the 1800s, and I even have one great grandfather who immigrated from Wales in the 1900s. It takes my breath away to think of how they all left their homeland to come here, so I could be who I am now. All their heritage and grit and faith and hope all resting on my shoulders to help me keep going. I am thankful for all the people in my family tree and every single contributor to helping Americans have what we have today. I pray today and every day for our country to be safe and free and strong.
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