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Posted by Galina My father's family were slaves in Romania for centuries, before escaping to Bohemia and Moravia. Before the escape though, they were Roma, sure enough, but I doubt anybody can proclaim a slave race to be pure-blooded anything. Also, so many of our children have been stolen, historically--and this happened to my ancestor--that it's hard to maintain a rooted basis to knowing our culture. It's not the grown-up child's fault he was stolen and doesn't know his people's language or customes, but not everyone wants to see that. I will pass on your dog comparison to my father. I'm sure it will make him laugh.
on June 22, 2006, 4:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Thank you"
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Again, Kako, you have wise words. Without learning, there isn't much point to life... and your metaphor about pure-bred dogs vs. mongrels is very true. Especially with minorities because, as a people, we have suffered so much violence, to declare that we are 100% positive of every one of our ancestors is just rather absurd. 
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