I see many similarities between my grandmother and my granddaughter, who both traveled across the ocean at 17 to seek more meaningful lives. She crossed the Atlantic to America alone at 17, from Frankfurt, Germany at the end of the 19th century. Her journey ended in New York City, where I would be born 46 years after her arrival, and where 107 years later, my granddaughter would be born. Grandma arrived at Castle Clinton in New York City, before Ellis Island was even there. Sabrina was born in Manhattan, where her great-great grandmother lived most of her life and where her grandmother (that would be me) was also born.

Source: Forbes August 28, 2021 13:52 UTC