Family Quote by Norman Braman

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

— Herbie Mann

My parents emigrated from Poland in 1924 with my brother, who was a few months old. They were from a simple family of Polish…

— Francois Englert

My father's family is German and Czech.

— Sissy Spacek

My mother emigrated from Russia as a young child. She couldn't speak English and had no education. Her father died at age 32, leaving…

— Dianne Feinstein

My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants…

— Alexis Denisof

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

— Arthur Rock

My family emigrated to the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1978.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

My family reached the United States before the Holocaust. Both of my parents emigrated from Russia as young children. My grandparents were fleeing religious…

— Jan Schakowsky

My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden.

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

— Vic Mensa

My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia.

— Ivan Rakitic

My mother's Polish; my dad was Irish.

— Dan Donovan