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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it matters.  She lives in US and will likely never live in India.  At some point, how your grandparents etc. grow up doesn’t really matter anymore.  It is not going to be relevant to her life and how she will live.  If a parents WANTS to and it is important to them, go for it.  But it is also fine to just let her live in the here and now and bring up heritage and traditions of the past if and when she shows interest or if they are relevant [/quote]

Not sure this is a good idea. The people I know from dual cultures that didn’t learn about the ‘foreign’ one in childhood have been really confused about their identity as adults.

America sees her as not purely White/Anglo. She has to have a good understanding of all that she is and have confidence with it. [/quote]

No one cares.  Plenty of people are now American and “pure white.” Whites people in US aren’t stressing because dead Grandma was born in England and they haven’t taught their kids how to serve a proper tea or make spotted dick. [/quote]

But she’s not all white and people will not view her as such. I mean unless the OP wants to teach her to be white passing forever and make up a story about her father. [/quote]

It was meant plenty of people are NOT “pure white” in US.  Her learning “Indian culture” bc dad’s parent were born there is optional if it works for them and the kids are interested.  But it isn’t some essential task necessary for their emotional well being.  US is a melting pot now more than ever and it is just fine to embrace what your family wants to do right now.  No one needs to dwell on long gone irrelevant tradition as unless they want to or find a particular relevance in them.  But dad doesn’t seem to find them relevant so it’s fine to just be American[/quote]

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