Did your ancestors fight in the wars?

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My grandparents grew up during the Great Depression and for a long time my grandfather did not like Japanese people, although I don't remember him saying anything racist about them. His attitude changed however, when my uncle (my mom's younger brother) got married to my aunt, who is from Japan.

I really don't get how countries stop being enemies with each other only to become enemies with other countries they got along with before. Humans must just love war and adults were being huge hypocrites when they told us kids not to think war or violence solved anything. Apparently they hoped we would never have to go to war. And look how that turned out.

Both of my grandpas fought in WWII. 1 got injured by a landmine, the other was trapped behind enemy lines for several days during Battle of the Bulge. Grandma worked in shipyard during WWII. Step father and several uncles and cousins fought in Viet Nam.

Sad to see the difference emotional trauma each war had on the different groups. Grandparents believed in what they were fighting for during WWII so even though they dealt with physical and mental issues they weren't ashamed of what they did during war. Many of the people I knew fought in Viet Nam didn't really understand why we were there or even really want to go there; they had no choice. Most of those family members ended up addicted to drugs and alcohol trying to escape the mental and emotional horrors trapped in their minds.

I don't know if any of their war experiences had any effect on my being autistic as I'm fairly certain that my grandma was already. I do know that having them around did have a profound effect on me and my mental perspective of many subjects, especially war and group violence. My Viet Nam war relatives taught me self defense and weapons free combat techniques during my youth, my perspective on war and violence learned from all of them taught me to avoid using those skills except as a last resort. Through their eyes I saw the internal cost taking another life, even in war, can have our inner self.

My Granddad was conscripted and served in Africa during world war two, and some other places I think.

My grandfather served as a sonar technician on a nuclear submarine in Korea and Vietnam.

My dad's father served time in WWII fighting against the Japanese.

My uncle served time in the Viatnam War.

My grandfather served in several tours in Vietnam.

My dad's father served time in WWII and my dad's younger brother served time in the Vietnam War. They're both dead now. My uncle died from cancer at age 61. My grandfather died from old age, he was diabetic and got sick and his immune system couldn't handle it so he died.

I voted no, Sweden hasn't done much fighting in the last few hundred years. I do have an ancestor fought in the Thirty Years' War. He was a captain at the battle of Lützen, 1632.

I got many priests way, way back on my aspie side of the family. One priest traced our family back to the 10th century. A jewish mother fled Scotland with her daughter to come to Sweden. Her husband was killed, for being jewish.

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