When I was 5 or so my dad told me that Indians are the people who "were here before us." I figured out that that meant my family had not always been "here." Later, I asked my mom where we were before now. She misunderstood me and said "We were always here." From that I guessed that in the past my family had been Indians, and had just spontaneously turned Irish at some point before my parents were born.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that they really killed Indians on westerns.— tripod tod
- i used to think bales of hay were housing indians— alyssa
- I was convinced that Indians had dug the Grand Canyon.— Tom Sackett
- Until I was about 16 I thought that Palestinians were actually called "Palaced Indians."Anon
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie