I've been thinking recently that percentile wise, I'm one of the oldest American born Vietnamese people out there at 20.
Before the Vietnam war ended (in '75) there were practically no Vietnamese in America, and it was only after then that they started immigrating to America. And even then, the biggest numbers of immigrants didn't start coming until the 80's and 90's. Then when you consider that people are already bringing their kids over, or wait a while before they do over here..one can conclude that the oldest American born Vietnamese children are not too much older than me. Someone who was born here (or even someone who doesn't speak without a heavy accent) and in their late 20's would definitely be in a very small breed.
My parents moved here right when I was born in '83, and since then a huge wave have come over. Having been around areas with great Vietnamese populations such as San Jose and parts of Orange County, I rarely ever see a Vietnamese person older than me, though being asian it's hard to tell sometimes.
In my family where I have 21 aunts and uncles on both sides, and a countless amount of cousins.. I have one cousin who was born in the US who's older than me, and he's 22. Everyone else came here at either a young age, or is much younger..
Before the Vietnam war ended (in '75) there were practically no Vietnamese in America, and it was only after then that they started immigrating to America. And even then, the biggest numbers of immigrants didn't start coming until the 80's and 90's. Then when you consider that people are already bringing their kids over, or wait a while before they do over here..one can conclude that the oldest American born Vietnamese children are not too much older than me. Someone who was born here (or even someone who doesn't speak without a heavy accent) and in their late 20's would definitely be in a very small breed.
My parents moved here right when I was born in '83, and since then a huge wave have come over. Having been around areas with great Vietnamese populations such as San Jose and parts of Orange County, I rarely ever see a Vietnamese person older than me, though being asian it's hard to tell sometimes.
In my family where I have 21 aunts and uncles on both sides, and a countless amount of cousins.. I have one cousin who was born in the US who's older than me, and he's 22. Everyone else came here at either a young age, or is much younger..
