Small world. Krv nije voda. Blood is not water.
Mark Begich, U.S. Senator
Croatian village celebrates victory of US senatorZAGREB, Croatia: Mark Begich’s victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived. Ted Stevens, a veteran Republican senator, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his close election with Begich, a Democrat. Begich didn’t emphasize his Croatian roots. But Croatian newspapers closely covered his election, calling him the first U.S. senator of Croatian origin. Begich’s grandfather left the small village of Podlapaca in central Croatia almost a century ago to seek a better life in America. Croatian Nikola Begic, who says he’s the new senator’s cousin, was quoted by one paper as saying their extended family had endured poverty and wars in the past, so the senator’s victory “may be God’s reward now.” Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/20/europe/EU-Croatia-US-Begich.php |
| See Podlapaca in central Croatia on Google Map: http://www.maplandia.com/croatia/zadar-knin/podlapaca/ World reports fast: In a few minutes the news went all over the world:
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Bratiću Marko, dođi u PodlapaeuPODLAPAEA – Znam da bratić Marko otkada je postao senator Aljaske ima puno posla, ali bih želio da jednom dođe na svoju djedovinu, da vidi odakle mu potjeeu korijeni – kaže Nikola Begić (52) iz zaseoka Breštani kod Podlapaee koji je bratić Marka Begića, prvog Hrvata koji je postao amerieki senator. Kada smo posjetili Begića u liekoj zabiti, iako gledaju televiziju, donijeli smo im prvi glas da je Marko postao senator. http://www.jutarnji.hr/svijet/clanak/art-2008,11,19,,141692.jl |
– Markov djed Ivan mome je pokojnom ocu bio ujak. On se rodio gdje se moja mala unueica Nikolina sada igra. Znam da mi je prieao da je pred 2. svjetski rat otišao od kuće trbuhom za kruhom u bijeli svijet. 
