[selimthegrim]

I am probably one of the very few people on HN who came from a very similar household to rayiner but descended from pre-1965 south Asians in the US so I can tell you that all his suppositions do not necessarily hold for that group

[rayiner]

I’m sure that’s true. Who were the pre-1965 south asians?

[selimthegrim]

My father's mother's family. My mother is an 80s immigrant.

[rayiner]

Sorry, I meant how did they come over? I don’t know there were any pre-1965 desis.

[selimthegrim]

Stowed away in 1929 to NYC. A lot of Bengali and Punjabi Muslim sailors jumped ship there and in New Orleans to some extent (Google Fatima Shaik) and tended to marry Blacks and Latinos. On the west coast it tended to be more Sikh farmers.

[rayiner]

Fascinating story!

[selimthegrim]

Thanks! Might have been 1919-1920 actually, I have to check.