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2006-06-30 09:45:56 · 22 answers · asked by linduhbby 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Yes and no. I didn't immigrate to the US, I was born here, but my grandparents weren't. Everyone in the US is descended from somewhere else, it's just a matter of how far back on their family tree you look. Even the native americans aren't truly native. Their ancestors crossed a land bridge, that no longer exists, to get to this continent. It's very apparent if you live in WY that alot of the native american people here look very much like alot of asian people.
2006-06-30 09:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If you are a native born american, then you are not an immigrant.
However your father, or grandfather, or great-grandfather, howsoevermany generations back may have been an immigrant.
Only those who immigrate to this country in the current generation can be considered immigrants.
2006-06-30 09:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by rb_cubed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, most aren't immigrants. But if you go back about 4000 years, we're all descended from immigrants, even the "Native" Americans.
2006-06-30 09:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just like every other country someone had to immigrate their. It proven that we all come from one couple and as we all know that one couple can't be in more than one place at a time. So someone immigrated to every country.
2006-06-30 14:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by justme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way, most are. Our older relatives came here from all over the world. Some, like native Americans however are not considered so.
2006-06-30 09:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jeremy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, many people where here before the United States was made. But everyone here did have ancestors that did migrate from Africa in the beginning dawn of time.
2006-06-30 09:50:23 · answer #6 · answered by chicanobychoice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If humans truly evolved in Africa, then even Native Americans in North and South American are descendants (sp?) of primitive people who migrated here. Otherwise everyone else is an emigrant themselves or the descendant of emigrants.
2006-06-30 09:51:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you take the long view, and exclude those of Native American descent. If you take the REALLY long view, even the Native Americans' prehistoric ancestors migrated to the continent from Asia.
2006-06-30 09:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, everyone who wasn't born here, except for maybe the Native Americans.
2006-06-30 09:49:57 · answer #9 · answered by paranoid_much 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even the indians had to get here somehow. Human life started in the Middle East.
2006-06-30 09:50:03 · answer #10 · answered by Brown Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋