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Maureen Donovan:
- 14 years old
- Lives in New York City (-> "Big Apple")
Brother Scott:
- 13 years old
Ancestors left Ireland to come to USA in 1846:
- Were very poor
- There many people died from poverty and hunger
Marvin Mitchell
- 15 years old
- African American
Family has lived in America over 200 years ago
Ancestors didn't come willingly from Africa to USA:
- Were brought as slaves
Debbie (Deborah) Thomas:
- She's at school
- Her cousin Megan has never met her and will meet her in September
She lives with her brother Kenny and her family on a farm near Tonganoxie, a very small town in Kansas.
Family:
- Came to USA in1937 to find political and religious freedom
- Are Jews
- They later left New York, came to Kansas
- The mother opened a grocery store
- The father is a farmer at the farm
Megan Thomas:
- Is at school
- Is Debbie's cousin
- Visits her in September
- Is from Swansea - a city near Cardiff (capital)
Family:
- Her mother is a nurse at a large hospital
- Her father is an engineer
Lan Chi:
- She's an Asian American
- She works hard at school
- Her best subject at school is Art
Brother "Binh":
- Two years younger than her
Parents:
- They came from Vietnam (to escape the war)
- They work very hard
Family:
- They live in a poor part of Brooklyn
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