Discovered thanks to the bilingual French/English blogue La Tourtiére
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Discovered thanks to the bilingual French/English blogue La Tourtiére
The Story My Grandfather Almost Didn’t Tell
“In the early 2000s my grandfather started telling me stories about the French side of our family. Until then I barely knew it existed.“
The Story My Grandfather Almost Didn’t Tell Me
My great-grandparents spoke French. But they made a decision that many Franco-American families made during that era. They did not pass the language down to their children. They wanted their kids to sound more American and avoid some of the prejudice that French Canadians often faced in New England.
My French-Canadian F (www.myfrenchcanadianfamily.com)
Check also on the blog the text “The Franco-American Renaissance Is Quietly Happening“
#massachusetts #French #FrancoAmerican (not me, but bonjour from Ontario!) #Québec
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Discovered thanks to the bilingual French/English blogue La Tourtiére
The Story My Grandfather Almost Didn’t Tell
“In the early 2000s my grandfather started telling me stories about the French side of our family. Until then I barely knew it existed.“
The Story My Grandfather Almost Didn’t Tell Me
My great-grandparents spoke French. But they made a decision that many Franco-American families made during that era. They did not pass the language down to their children. They wanted their kids to sound more American and avoid some of the prejudice that French Canadians often faced in New England.
My French-Canadian F (www.myfrenchcanadianfamily.com)
Check also on the blog the text “The Franco-American Renaissance Is Quietly Happening“
#massachusetts #French #FrancoAmerican (not me, but bonjour from Ontario!) #Québec
During the dozen years or so that my in-laws spent as snowbirds, they met a ton of Americans of Acadian descent, many from Massachusetts. It's nice to see that community reconnect with its roots, not unlike the resurgence of Acadian culture itself since the 60s.
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