My name is Barbara S. My maternal grandmother came to America from Ung Megye in 1905. My maternal grandfather came to America from Zemplen Megye in 1903. They lived in New Jersey for a few years before spending the rest of their lives in Bridgeport, CT. My paternal grandparents are also Hungarian. My paternal grandfather was born in Austria and his wife was born in Bridgeport, CT. I grew up within a large Hungarian community in Bridgeport, CT where there were festivals celebrating Hungarian culture nearly every year. Hungarian summer school was also popular. I grew up listening to Hungarian conversations and learned the language at an early age. I visited Hungary in 1993.
