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My name is John T. Guzalak; I am 61 years old, born in Auburn in late 1963 of Ukrainian ancestry on my father's side. My immediate family has lived In the United States all of our lives and are American citizens, back to both paternal grandparents who were naturalized here.

It was their parents, my great-grandparents Guzalak and Dudurich, who came over from Ukraine initially. We know of a John Guzalak who immigrated to America in 1905, bringing his wife, Mary, with him some years later who had children here, including my grandfather and other great aunts and uncles. This same dynamic was repeated on my grandmother's side of the family. These individuals, while speaking some Ukrainian as children I'm sure, and hearing plenty of it around the house, rarely spoke the language in their adult years. So both of my paternal grandparents had been born in this country and were fully Americanized from birth; however, they each had older adult siblings whom they never knew who had been left behind in the 鈥渙ld country."

My father, John P. Guzalak, was also born in Auburn (1938) and served for many years as an Air Force officer. Most all of my relatives on this side of the family have served either in the military or in civil service of one form or another. I do not know anything about what sort of occupations my great-grandparents held, although I do know that my grandfather Alex was medically unable to enlist for World War II and worked during my childhood at an automobile parts packaging plant. My grandmother Julia Guzalak worked for years in a plastics factory in Auburn, spraying plastic parts with paint without the use of a respirator.

While I know very little in general about any of my Ukrainian great-grandparents, both paternal grandparents were present into my 30s and beyond: My Ukrainian grandmother lived to be 99 years old! These folks had a number of friends locally and were quite involved civically during their child-rearing years. My grandparents most definitely considered themselves Americans. And I only ever heard them speak Ukrainian on very rare occasions.

The sense of Ukrainian identity through ancestry was moderately strong in my father's family while I was growing up. While there was not a lot of evident ethnic artifice in my grandparent鈥檚 home, there was occasional talk about things Ukrainian.

I am a former instructor and counselor who has never worked in Ukraine nor studied anything Ukrainian; my meager knowledge of the culture comes from my extended family. I am not a churchgoer, but my grandparents were devout Catholics and my parents were both raised in relatively religious households. My grandparents, I know, attached a great deal of meaning to their church participation.

I have given some monetary support to the current Ukrainian war efforts. I would hope, despite the volatility of the current U.S. administration, that strong efforts will yet be made toward the Ukrainian peace objective.

Many people have reached out to me about their family roots, and this is the first family history from one of Auburn’s Ukrainian families. Many thanks to John for sharing his story. Please feel free to write to me at abramovabc@gmail.com to share your family story.