Emilie, Neither I or my 4 children married within our culture.  I knew 
we were loosing our ethnicity when my son, then age 5, referred to a 
tortilla as a little pizza... that was warning sign #1... When I see 
my granchildren and 3 gr-grandkids, I see Portuguese, German, Jewish, 
Black, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian but no Mexican faces.... Maybe that 
helps explain my passion for preserving our Mexican history for them.  
My granddaughter told me there were no Mexicans in Minn where she 
lives, guess that says it all as far as how she see's her ethnicity.. 
I said to her, "How about you?" she just laughed and got embarrassed...
Much work to do...
Linda in Everett