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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where was your family during WWII? [/quote]

The US.[/quote]

Can you give more background on when both sets of grandparents immigrated?

is it possible you were adopted?[/quote]

In the 30s, I think.  They went to Pittsburgh, where the neighborhoods were ethnically separated then, so they were living in communities of Czech and Polish people.

I really don't know.  No, I'm not adopted.  I have two siblings and we all look similar.  I have features from both parents.

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it’s unlikely they came in the 30s because that was after restrictive immigration caps took effect. Can you get any more detail on when they arrived? how old were they when your parents were born? When were your parents born?[/quote]

1920s were the height of Czech and Slovak immigration to the U.S. Czech and Slovak immigration to the U.S. Czechoslovakia still had 14K allowed until 1929. Numbers went down in 1930s but some were still admitted. Plus Germany had large numbers as did Austria, as today with quotas, people might have traveled to apply somewhere else, such as in Austria and Germany which still had higher quotas. Until 1918, Czechia was Austro-Hungarian Empire. OP might also be a few years off, or not. Heritage.com can provide instant information, but you do have to pay for it.

It was very common in the 1920s and 1930s for families as they arrive to deny any Jewish ancestry. In addition, Habsburg and then Austro-Hungarian Empire provided incentives to those who converted to Christianity in the 17th century and there were many waves of conversions happening in Europe since the First Crusade.

It is rare, however, for anyone to be 99% something, that is why I am wondering if OP's test traces only maternal or paternal DNA.

Almost always it is easy to discern descent by the last name, many will have either German or Slavic sounding names that were modified to fit the English structure. People used to hide these things, not only bcs of the Jewish background, but because Slavs were also deemed not white at the beginning of the 20th century in the U.S.
We cannot apply today's passport requirements for 1920s and 1930s to know for sure where people applied for U.S. immigrant visas.

After 1850s anti Jewish restriction on higher education encouraged conversion.

OP, take a look at the chart included here.
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/stat_abstract/pages/52753_1935-1939.pdf[/quote]

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