‘So, Where Is Your Family From?’

Depending on the race of who you’re asking, this can be an awkward or racist question

Kayla Vokolek

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Picture taken by author while in Norway.

I received 23andMe results on Friday after years of wondering the exact breakdown of my ethnicities. There were a couple trace amounts of surprising ancestries, but for the most part, it confirmed what we had already guessed at: too many Northern European origins to…

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Kayla Vokolek

Pursuing MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Portland State