A Heimishe Mom: That’s a bit silly. Just because the first Jews on this continent were Sephardim that makes the whole continent a Makom where the Minhag is Sephardi? I once heard a Rabbi say that any new community in Israel has to have Sephardi Minhagim because the oldest community in the country is Sephardi so the Minhag Hamakom is Sephadi. It’s silly. One are can’t determine the Minhag Hamakom for an entire country or continent. Each community has the right to establish (or bring) its own Minhagim.
