This week's questions interested me. From Friday Five:

1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from?
   The short answer is: I'm multi-generation Canadian.
   The long answer: Eastern Europe. Poland, Russia and Romania. Ironically, folks always think my origins are Mediterranean.


2. Of those countries, which would you most like to visit?
   Definitely Romania. Possibly Russia too. I'd just like to see the border area where my grandparents came from, Bysarabia.


3. Which would you least like to visit? Why?
   Paradoxically, the answer would be Russia as well. Mainly because of the religious persecution and the pogroms.


4. Do you do anything during the year to celebrate or recognize your heritage?
   Not really, because I don't really know much about the cultures.


5. Who were the first ancestors to move to your present country (parents, grandparents, etc)?
   My grandparents on both sides. My dad's parents came from the Russian and Polish areas, my mom's parents from Romania.