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I'm sorry if this is off topic. But I couldn't make out what the teacher meant when giving me a such a task. So please help!
Here goes the question for my next presentation: " How is your family origin? Define through your parents"
Does it mean I gotta present about my hometown, my grandparents ..etc after asking my Dad and mom?
Sorry if i'm being too dull
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Oooh this is tricky. It almost sounds like they are asking about your ethnic origin but somehow I doubt that. Maybe they are asking about your descendents and what they did or where they lived? I'm really not sure.
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"How is your family origin" makes no sense - "What is your family's origins" would make sense; "How did your family originate" would also make sense. I would go back and ask for clarification of the question.


I think what Bounty Hunter means is your ancestors.
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