Oriental heritage & legacy for my husband and four children

I have written this essay for my husband and our four children so that they might have an introduction to their oriental heritage and legacy, which is there for them to discover and enjoy if they wish to do so.

Pennsylvania, Christmas 1980

Grandpa and his sister are Parsees. This means that they were born into a religious community in India whose members have the name Parsee. The word Parsee means Persian because the community originally came from an area in Persia called Fars.