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From: Keith Meintjes<>
Subject: Re: [[ZA] Re: first generation]
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:37:28 -0500


My "American Heritage Dictionary" defines First Generation:

1. Persons who have left one country and settled in another;
2. Persons whose parents are immigrants.

Take your choice. I have always used definition 2: A "first generation"
person is one born in a country different than the country either parent was
born in.

Keith
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Lehmkuhl <> wrote:

>>The question: Who is considered the first generation in the country?


>My logic says that strictly speaking first generation is anyone born in
>the new country.
>Delia Robertson.

Hi Delia
That's how I understand it.
On the USA list, they came to the conclusion that they regard the stamvader
/ immigrant as the first generation in America.


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