When I was a kid, the Pittsburgh Steelers were in their "dynasty" years. We also collected food labels for the school library - Campbell's, Swanson, Franco-American. I always assumed that Franco-American was owned by Franco Harris and Swanson by Lynn Swann. Why not? When you're 7, the world doesn't extend very far from your hometown...
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that i am american.
i am japanese . — mayumi - I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- I used to believe that God looked exactly like the picture of Abraham Lincoln on an American penny.— Leah
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I thought that on the show "American Chopper" they built helicopters.— Alex319
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica