By: giulio

My Grandparents from my mother side are Italian and Lebanese. My grand parents from my father side are French and lived in France all their lives.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=france+map&view=detail&id=C093256079C640F36F9754F293A306341FF19443&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=brizil+map&qs=n&sk=&sc=8-10&form=QBIR#x0y2523

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=italty+map&qs=RQ&sk=&FORM=QBIR&pq=ital%3Btymap&sc=1-10&sp=1&qs=RQ&sk=&adlt=strict#x0

There was a recession in Italy so my grand grandparents moved to Brazil to start a business. It was a very hard beginning.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=italy+flag&qs=IM&sk=HS1IM1&pq=italy%2520&sp=3&sc=8-6&form=QBIR&adlt=strict#x0y7443

Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States and price of petroleum hits 100$ per barrel.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=obama&qs=n&sk=&sc=8-5&form=QBIR#x0y3658

http://wwwbing.c-m images/search?q=petroliom+berral&qs=n&sk=&form=QBIR&adlt=strict#x0y1135

Hurricane ike made a land fall in Texas !

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=hurricane+ika&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&s

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My French grand grand father fought in the second war and my grand parent fought in the Algerian war. My mom was editor chief at Elle magazine and worked as T.V producer.

http://www.google.com/search?q=world+war+2&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=3w0WT7_XK-XW2AWwneyDCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

http://www.google.com/search?q=elle+magazine&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=PhAWT5XYGajO2gW19YWECg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

http://www.google.com/search?q=algerian+war&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=-BAWT8uzGYPu2gXB1_iDCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

My father continued working for Valeo the car company and my mother started to work as a cultural event planner.

http://www.google.com/search?q=valeo&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=NhIWT-_cD8SRsALhnc3GAw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

Brazil has a lot of amazon forest and 4,700 miles on the Atlantic Ocean. France has a lot of mountains.

http://www.google.com/search?q=french+mountains&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=_BMWT7PeFeGC2AXdpO2DCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

http://www.google.com/search?q=brazil's+amazon+forests&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=uxQWT8-RDIuAsgKw3KTJAw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

Our family settled in Michigan

http://www.google.com/search?q=michigan&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsl&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=IRUWT_TdOpDfsQLT5JnOAw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

We got to the United States by plane

http://www.google.com/search?q=planes&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=cxcWT5_VJ8KK2wXO4sCDCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1717&bih=1198

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We have a lot of friends we met in school, by other friends and in volunteering work.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=real+friends+in+life&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1717&bih=1198&tbm=isch&tbnid=fQ7n0t0nM-91FM:&imgrefurl=http://goosehillfarm.blogspot.com/2011/11/friendship.html&docid=rWdGBOfIn-ySRM&imgurl=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/JellyBean_Designs/Blog%252520Stuff/friendship-6.jpg&w=495&h=324&ei=UhkWT8fOCaSW2AXk282DCg&zoom=1