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Third Generation
David Sugarman says: ignoring the crucial implication, namely that *third* generation immigrants...
What generation are you, Dave? I'm third generation myself. Some of my ancestors have been in North America since the 1600s, others were here when Columbus arrived. However, my father's parents arrived in 1914. My mother's mother's parents came to the USA around the same time. A native-born American.
That's his point, by "third generation" he means "average Americans". When did your ancestors come over? Grandparents? Great-Grandparents? If any one of them came to America you're 3rd or 4th generation.