Marissa Williamson
marthas@udel.edu

Hello, my name is Marissa Williamson, and I am mostly of Lithuanian heritage. Both of my mother's parents are 100% Lithuanian actually by coincidence. It's not like they met in Lithuania, they just happened to live here in America and met by chance. My great-grandmother and great-grandfather were born over there, and they both were pretty cool. I really live being part of a culture that isn't that ordinary, not that any culture is ordinary! People always think that I am Irish because of my pale complexion and red hair. I might be asmall part on my dad's side, but he is so diverse with his cultural background, no one is really sure about him! I like to be a full half of one culture because that way i can really get some information as to my background. No one really speaks Lithuanian because everyone really came over when they were really young. People often make jokes about my culture because it is so obscure, but that is what I like about it!