#anna jiang

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“85% of Anna Jiangs use the 江 character to write their last name.”

“15% of Anna Jiangs use the 将 character to write their last name.”

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Anna Jiang - Texas

Where are your parents from? Your family?

I think my mom is from Beijing and my dad’s family is from Guangzhou.

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Anna Jiang - California

Do your grandparents talk about their lives/when they were your age?

My grandma says that she was married when she was my age and had to cook and clean for my grandpa’s family and that I’m lucky that I don’t have to do all of that. But honestly, she’s just saying that I’m lazy because she only says that whenever I’m using the washing machine or microwave. 

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“When my dad first came to the U.S. he thought that American kids ate zebra cakes as birthday cakes, even now we’d have zebra cakes on our birthday.”

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Anna Jiang - California

Are your parent superstitious or traditional? Do you believe in those traditions as well?

My dad isn’t and my mom is. Sometimes my dad would stick his chopsticks in his rice and my mom would yell at him saying it’s bad luck because it looks like incense they use to pray to dead people and my dad would just joke around and roll his eyes a little. 

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“When I was a kid, I asked my grandma why her hands were so wrinkly and she told me that her hands were rough so that in the future, mine wouldn’t be.” 

-- Anna Jiang

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A story about sister, non-related, but through traditions, language, and hardship. 

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Anna Jiang - Ohio

Do your parents or grandparents talk about their lives/when they were your age?

My grandma only lived with me and my family for a few years before returning to China. We didn’t really talk much.