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Are Food Preferences Genetic?
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> Geeze, Ranee... you should move to San Francisco, where only
> Norwegians look Norwegian and blond isn't "in" - unless it's
> that blond with dark roots look.
It's not that there weren't any people of other ethnicities where I
grew up (or here, for that matter), but mine was so out of the ordinary,
and there wasn't really much of a community of Arab families, so I
couldn't even just hide out among my own, you know? There was a larger
community of Asians, as there is here, so they aren't seen (at least not
by anyone we know) as different really. We've never had any trouble in
terms of my being treated any different. There is, however, a kind of
minority "wave" that we find ourselves getting and giving when we see
someone of another race or ethnicity. *grin*
> <S> Your daughter will fit in here perfectly, a large
> percentage of children are of mixed heritage - including my
> own.
We do love it here, the area we live in is so beautiful, peaceful,
and a great place to raise kids. It's close enough to big cities that
we benefit from them, but far enough away that we don't have the
congestion, crime, and such. We have become small town folks, though,
and are amazed at Seattle when we go up there now and our kids are
downright country bumpkins who marvel at the tall buildings downtown. I
think it would be huge culture shock to move to the SF area. 
Our church is much more like us ethnically/racially, with a Mexican
priest, his wife a from a European background, their kids are gorgeous,
a few other mixed race families, us and even a family that is half
Swedish and half Iraqi. We drive 25 minutes to church, so we're not
completely isolated here. I guess I just was thinking about that period
of a kid's life when you're so keyed up about being different anyway,
before you realize that everyone is different in one way or another.
Regards,
Ranee
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