First immigrant generations and future generations

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Why is there no agreed definition for first generation immigrants and second generation? Is there a word for people of origins residing from a foreign country?
People who had ancestors from a different area start to forget their native culture and become accustom to their new culture.
I'm trying to find a word that replaces, " start to forget their native culture and become accustom to their new culture." Is there a better word?

Xanne · Answer

The term you’re looking for may be acculturation:

ac·cul·tur·a·tion  (ə-kŭl′chə-rāshən)
n.

The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture.
The process by which the culture of a particular society is instilled in a human from infancy onward.

Another term, less specific to culture, is assimilation.
There are many studies of immigration, acculturation, and how immigrant groups maintain their own cultures and language.

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