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My dad never learned how to swim because he wasn't allowed in the public pools as a kid, and a few of his friends that tried swimming in the Mississippi River ended up drowning because they were still beginners. Despite my mom being Asian and from a small island, she doesn't know how to swim particularly well either.

If your immediate family doesn't know how to swim, you're probably not gonna have many instances to learn yourself. I learned how to swim (well, not drown) because my extended family members had a pool, and because we live close enough to beaches.