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Essay On My Vietnamese Heritage

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Though I have always identified with my Vietnamese heritage, the basis of who I am derives from my upbringing in the United States. My first language is English, my favorite food is pizza, and I played baseball as a child. My parents did, however, do their very best to past down the Vietnamese culture to me as a way to connect me to my ancestors and provider me with a sense of origin. I truly appreciated these efforts, but Vietnam was still a distant land with which I had no direct contact.
Though to this day I still have not visited Vietnam, the events of this past summer provided me with a greater understanding of the country from which my parents came. Last July, my father's brother traveled to the United States for the first time, bringing
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