My grandparents were ethnic Serbs who were born in Croatia and Bosnia. I've always noticed certain personality traits about my family and Ive wondered if they were cultural or just my crazy family. Please don't take any of this personally please! This is just how my family acted, and things that stood out as different from many of my other friends in the USA.

1. They loved to argue! Not even necessarily out of anger. Just if there were different opinions, it was spoken about loudly and emphatically. Although often there were hard feelings and insults after.

2. Fiercely loyal to family. I honestly believe there are quite a few members of my family who would kill a person if they messed with our family.

3. Will hold a grudge until they are in the grave

4. Family was VERY important, especially at holidays.

5. Church was very important, even though we often didn't attend.

6. Traditions were VERY important.

7. We love lamb. My grand father would often bring over a whole lamb and cook it all day on an outdoor rotisserie that they built.

8. My uncle, my brother, and my cousin were all first born, or only sons, and theyve never left home. Have always lived with their mother.

Are these cultural? I've never been to the Balkans so just wondered if this is a common family dynamic.

If it's cultural, what are things like these are common to Serbian culture?