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What's Your Family's Immigration Story?

How did where you come from make you who you are now?

Most everyone's family came from somewhere else before they ended up where they are now.

Maybe your relatives immigrated to pursue their dreams of a better life, and worked their asses off to support themselves.

Maybe they moved for love, or to pursue a better education for themselves or their children.

Or maybe they fled war or persecution, and always took great pride in the country that welcomed them.

Every family has a story that's unique, and special, and part of their own personal history.

So we want to know: What's your family's immigration story? Tell us about how your family ended up where they are now.

Share your family's story in the comments, or add your family's photos and stories in the dropbox below for a chance to be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post or video!