I'm an German American Jew. My great grandparents escaped Hitler's massacre. Glad I found your channel.
@SGlitz
4 ай бұрын
And votes for Democrats probably...😅
@Chrisb.reacts
4 ай бұрын
Great to hear from you. I hope you could forgive Germany for what they wanted to do to your ancestors :)
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
@@Chrisb.reactsthe USA set up concentration camps for all Japanese citizens during ww2 after Japan attacked the USA. The concentration camps were meant to capture axis spy’s but they instead ended up locking American citizens. The USA feared Japanese or axis spy’s in its borders. After the war, the USA gave all Japanese citizens Reparations for the harsh treatment of Japanese Americans in ww2. Although the USA reaction and treatment to the Japanese was more fear rather than hate.
@briansmith3134
4 ай бұрын
@@Chrisb.reacts you are not to blame for something you had no power over. Many nations had terrible pasts during history and we need to learn from it but not Live guilty of it I think.
@michaelarmour3917
4 ай бұрын
I'm an American. I had family that died in the holocaust as well. I do not in any way hold any modern German citizens responsible for those atrocities. Nor should the German people bear any guilt for the actions of past generations that they had no ability to influence. Considering the recent US slant towards facism, I can understand better what happened in Germany in the early 20th century.
@jenniferkomo9420
4 ай бұрын
I grew up in the Midwest, and we are just as likely to say, "gesundheit," as we are to say, "bless you," when someone sneezes.
@catw6998
4 ай бұрын
Same here. I haven’t yet figured the % . Like the candy Almond Joy and Mounds. “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. As much as I like almonds, I like dark chocolate more. My family on Mom’s side are German, so maybe I use gesundheit more often?
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
Depends where you live. Only 10% of Chicagos population is of German descent, in Detroit it’s only 6%.
@TheHekateris
4 ай бұрын
Same, but New England!
@ryanlaymon2329
4 ай бұрын
The Midwest is a huge place maybe in your little part "we" might be just as likely to say that but in other parts of the Midwest "we" are just as likely to have never heard the word at all
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
@@ryanlaymon2329 like in Chicago 😂 which speaks mainly just Spanish and English with some Polish, Arabic and Russian.
@PurposelyOblivious
4 ай бұрын
I'm German, also Irish and Scottish, i guess that makes me American.
@JamesHoffa1
4 ай бұрын
blacks and latinos aren't though right? Your ancestors immigrated at the right time?
@cindyhutchins5532
4 ай бұрын
@@JamesHoffa1Nobody said that and of course blacks and Latinos are American, if they were born here or were naturalized. Don’t put words in people’s mouths, please.
@JEREMY99218
4 ай бұрын
Same, I'm German (about 40% DNA), Irish, Scottish, English, Jewish, French, and Scandanavian.
@davidmc1489
4 ай бұрын
Me too
@tx_1
4 ай бұрын
Mostly German ancestors, but also Scots-Irish! Some ancestors from England, Switzerland, Spain, Native American
@johnrogan9729
4 ай бұрын
The German influence here in the US is still HUGE. People are very proud of their German heritage.
@socomxx
4 ай бұрын
Except the germans hate us, we love Europe, but Europe absolutely hates Americans.
@liarwithagun
4 ай бұрын
Yeah. After the British Isles, I'd say German is probably the second biggest ancestory/culture influence in the US. After that, I imagine the third biggest would depend on where you live, with it being either African, Mexican, or Asian. I could be wrong, but that is my understanding.
@spaniardsrmoors6817
4 ай бұрын
@@liarwithagun America- discovered by Columbus, named after Amerigo Vespucci, Giovanni Caboto (aka) John Cabot brought the English exploration, settlement of modern America. Modern cement, Capitalism, Universities, Banks, Opera, Ballet, Western civilization...Roman/Italian inventions.
@Eric_Von_Yesselstyn
4 ай бұрын
@@liarwithagun WRONG.... There were more people of Germanic countries that immigrated to the USA than ANY other ethnic group... Germanic Countries... Germany wasn't even a unified state until 1871. Learn more... Germanic speaking peoples and Countries are not limited to modern day Germany.
@georgeorwell8501
4 ай бұрын
I am one of the many decedents of the Texas Germans. The Comanche tribe inhabited the hill country north of San Antonio and were conflicting heavily with the Mexican and Texan civilization as it follow the rivers from the coast to modern San Antonio. The citizens of San Antonio, having respect for the Heashian troops that fought for the British, sent recruiters to Germany for colonists. San Antonio became ringed by a series of german speaking towns, such as new Braunfields, and Fredericksburg.
@Zobeid
28 күн бұрын
When I was growing up on the ranch here in central Texas, our closest neighbors were Rupert Niester (I hope I spelled that right-it's been some years) and his family, and I have to say… These folk happily lived up to any stereotype you can imagine about old-time German farmers. Rupert had a plump wife and a big red barn, planted fruit trees in his yard, made his own sausage. From time to time they would drive down to Fredericksburg to stock up on whatever condiments or other supplies they couldn't find at the local general store. They were salt of the earth, and one could not imagine having better friends and neighbors.
@Vinylrebel72
4 ай бұрын
I’m actually Native American, Navajo and Apache, my great grandmother said that her parents were friends with Germans in Fredricksburg Tx, in fact they traded goods and were very good friends.
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Texas tried to take the territory’s of New Mexico and Utah during the civil war, however California and Navajo forces were quick to stop them. With the Texas invasion, New Mexico and Utah joined the Union against the confederates.
@WyattRyeSway
4 ай бұрын
@@beasley1232…..I’m from Texas and yes….we don’t always make the best decisions.
@jesserodriguez8504
4 ай бұрын
Fredericksburg Texas has Huge German Heritage you can tell just driving through
@leefischer5814
4 ай бұрын
@jesserodriguez8504 I'd hope so with a name like Fredericksburg. Just like how I live around area's such as Bismarck, Karlsruhe, New Leipzig, Neudorf, and Strasburg....you kinda know if you have the same ancestry just based on town names or last names.
@blazinjedi2008
4 ай бұрын
I'm a very small percent Mic Mac Indian on my mother's side. But I'm Pennsylvania Dutch mostly from my Father's side
@tHEdANKcRUSADER
4 ай бұрын
“The mid west is pretty east“ wait till you see how far NORTH the SOUTH actually goes 😂
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
There is this saying “Indianapolis” is the northern most southern city because of their accents. Southern Indiana and Illinois share the same accents as Kentucky, Tennessee or southern Missouri. According to the US census the south officially includes West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland and Florida. Missouri is debatable, Missouri is a border state like Delaware, West Virginia and Maryland. Historically Missouris political leaning and loyalty stands with the Southern USA 🇺🇸. Even during the civil war Lincoln feared border states like Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky and even states like Illinois might leave the union. Lincoln imprisoned the entire Maryland state legislature in the civil war until after the war was over.
@tHEdANKcRUSADER
4 ай бұрын
@@beasley1232 Lincoln said “hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.”
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
@@tHEdANKcRUSADER Fun fact: Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland were the only Union states to vote for the Southern Democrat sympathizer during the Civil War, while West Virginia and Missouri were close calls.
@brettbaranowski1616
4 ай бұрын
the south isnt that far north at all what are you on about?
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
@@brettbaranowski1616 that’s depending on of course who you ask. US regions are subjective and doesn’t really paint a good or clear picture of the religious, cultural, racial or ethnic diversity of the USA.
@bhall4996
4 ай бұрын
German immigrants were the greatest gift the US could ever ask for. Builders, engineers.. they did it all
@traceurs619
4 ай бұрын
Then a man from Croatia came and made the biggest impact
@RoberinoSERE
4 ай бұрын
Beer makers dude. Adolf Coors. Henry Wienhards. Schlitz, Miller etc. But in Oregon in 1985 the post prohibition laws changed and craft beers were reborn to rival europe.
@cdc7057
4 ай бұрын
Don't you think every European immigrant that came over contributed to the future of the USA not just one people . stupid
@wuxiagamescentral
4 ай бұрын
@@traceurs619Tesla? I love Tesla but the Germans literally built America alongside the Irish
@Zippezip
4 ай бұрын
@@traceurs619 Nope Serbia and his name was Tesla
@jameslynn7271
2 ай бұрын
Post WWII story. The German vineyards were decimated after the war, but many Missouri vineyards, which produce German wines sent their grape seeds to Germany to regrow their Grape production. German wines were produced heavily in Missouri from German settlers who brought their grapes with them. So the Grapes were able to be reproduced in Germany with the same lineage.
@laikanbarth
Ай бұрын
I didn’t know that. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
@cougarhunter33
Ай бұрын
Herrman
@zlauriault
Ай бұрын
That's cool. I'm addition to helping de-radicalize Germans, the US was also able to help restore German culture through vineyard cultivars! I wonder if it was Grüner Veltliner or something else - such a nice refreshing wine.
@BrianTheJames
2 ай бұрын
The suppression of the German language was real. My grandfather, born in 1918 of Austro-Hungarian descent spoke German at home. He went to a catholic school in Chicago, a Nun asked him a question in German, and when he responded in German the Nun slapped him in the face. He ended up serving as a volunteer in Patton’s 3rd Army as a translator. He was a participant in what today we’d call an enhanced interrogations. He also was part of liberating a concentration camp. After the war he became devoutly religious, wouldn’t talk about the war and claimed he couldn’t remember how to speak German.
@zombienursern4909
2 ай бұрын
May his soul rest in peace. My grandparents would not speak German with us...they wanted us to be truly Americans. Lots of immigrants did this.
@Systems1
2 ай бұрын
And others talk about reparations. LOL. We went on doing what we do, and we do it well. :). Our inner german survives.
@AV-sw7bj
2 ай бұрын
That was a bad nun
@bnic9471
Ай бұрын
I had an uncle who became a Catholic priest here in Wisconsin, and his order (Capuchin) was instructed in German rather than English. We'll, Latin, too.
@barry7920
Ай бұрын
Of course it wasn't fair, but this didn't only happen to German-Americans. Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were *imprisoned* here during World War II.
@FourEyedFrenchman
4 ай бұрын
Baron von Steuben is credited with turning the Continental Army into a professional and disciplined fighting force. His influence was so great, he is considered one of the fathers of the United States Army. He was a very interesting character. George Washington made Baron von Steuben a Major General in the Continental Army, and was one of Washington's most trusted advisors during the war. After the war, Baron von Steuben was made a US citizen and granted an estate in New York. Baron von Steuben died on November 28, 1794 in a New York town that bears his name. Steuben, NY is still there to this day, and the Baron's grave is a national memorial and historic site located in Remsen, NY.
@tomkruze1304
3 ай бұрын
Steubenville, OH, is also named after him, there's a big statue of him.
@steveg8102
2 ай бұрын
Is he the one who would yell at his officers in german and have his subordinate yell at them on english?
@randomrebekah8526
2 ай бұрын
I live in Steuben County... also in his honor I believe
@matthewheywood8532
2 ай бұрын
In chicago we have a large high school Von Steuben still beating his name till this day
@Systems1
2 ай бұрын
Jawohl!
@TimDrury
Ай бұрын
American here with an English last name, but three of my grandparents were of German heritage. Two of my favorite things are beer and cars, so a heart-felt "thank you" to all you Germans.
@rh1507
4 ай бұрын
I am Scottish, German, Irish, Swedish and Cherokee. These United States of America are a blended version of the world.
@jeremyphillips7827
4 ай бұрын
Cool. I'm Scottish, German, Irish, _Dutch_ and Cherokee. You wouldn't happen to be from North Carolina, too, would you?
@TheOnlyOneStanding8079
4 ай бұрын
It's a gumbo of people
@PrincessJuliet101
4 ай бұрын
That’s often why Americans ask people “what are you”? Because everyone is a mix of something yet most of us know where we came from. My great grand parents came from Poland and Slovenia. I’m also from Chicago where we joke the holy immigrant trilogy is the Irish, Polish, and Italian 😂
@kathymc234
4 ай бұрын
Good mix
@kathymc234
4 ай бұрын
@@jeremyphillips7827right? I am.
@GlynisSakowicz
2 ай бұрын
My dad was orphaned in 1930. He was taken in by relatives of his mother, who lived in a tiny Kansas town called Westphalia, where everyone spoke German, ate German food, and read German papers. He and his 3 brothers had to learn German to even talk to their cousins, but when WWII began, suddenly, the entire town became AMERICAN. No more German conversations, food, or newspapers, though several of his cousins became translators for German POW's. The town has disappeared now, with nothing left but the ruins of three Lutheran churches, two graveyards, and the old school where my father was educated in German.
@NCrdwlf
2 ай бұрын
My family is German too and settled in northern Oklahoma, all of the wheat farmers .They also stopped speaking German in church and in town. Most of that area was all German speaking until WW2 . Some of the churches and schools were burned down .
@familyandfriends3519
2 ай бұрын
@@NCrdwlfgood this United States not Nazi
@zlauriault
Ай бұрын
Yeah Germany going Nazi did no one any good and destroyed millions of peaceful contributing Germans. The Weimar Republic though had a lot to love. Germany acknowledged and rejected the evil and is an example in doing so for countries that still haven't dealt with the past like (cough) RuzZia.
@tomraider5933
4 ай бұрын
My German ancestor was a slave. He was sold to the British by the Germans and then sent to America to fight the colonists during the Revolutionary War. Upon arrival, he turned on his "owners" and fought the British alongside the colonists. I am very proud of my family history!
@PersonalStash420
4 ай бұрын
Was he a slave or an indentured servant?
@skipperson4077
4 ай бұрын
@@PersonalStash420 probably a reference to the so-called Hessians, soldiers who were hired out to the British by German states. Unlike mercenaries or indentured servants, they didn't have individual contracts. I'm not sure if it's true for the Hessians, but the British army and navy at the time were notorious for the practice of 'press-ganging' where unemployed men or men who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time were forced into the military, onto ships, etc.
@paulbedichek5177
4 ай бұрын
Hessians were mercenaries,not slaves.
@skipperson4077
4 ай бұрын
@@paulbedichek5177 Wikipedia entry Hessians (soldiers) calls them auxiliaries not mercenaries because they didn't have individual contracts. But doesn't explain how the Hessians entered their service in their respective German states. If it was voluntary, it would be akin modern military deployments to other nations. But as mentioned, British military at the time employed press gangs or if prisoners were forced to join it becomes closer to slavery. Idk.
@DNADoesntLie
3 ай бұрын
True American spirit!
@burnindownthehouse
Ай бұрын
Wisconsin is VERY German. I am an middle aged guy who is German-American. So were most of the people I grew up with. A lot of the old folks (great grandparents) still spoke German with one another. They came to Wisconsin and moved into German neighborhoods in Milwaukee. In fact, my grandmother told me that a couple guys went back to Germany to go fight for Germany in World War 2.
@theodorehallbkylaw
9 күн бұрын
My dad's sister married a German-American from Milwaukee who had a small swastika tattooed on the inside of his wrist. He never fought for Germany in World War II, but there was apparently some pressure on him to sympathize with the Nazi cause.
@williamm2207
4 ай бұрын
We Americans owe so much to the bold and brave immigrants from all the nations, we are grateful to be able to call this our history and heritage
@deanwilliams433
4 ай бұрын
I agree. Its what really makes America so great is the melting pot of cultures.
@ccbarr58
4 ай бұрын
Too bad we forget this with the Mexicans and Africans
@Lobsterwithinternet
4 ай бұрын
It's why our motto is ‘E Pluribus Unum’. Out of many, one.
@afjo972
4 ай бұрын
You Americans ARE immigrants 😂
@asatruvakning
4 ай бұрын
From all the *European nations. That's what made this country great. As non-Europeans begin to come, every negative statistic rises, and the lines on the graphs keep getting lower.
@Joshkie2
3 ай бұрын
The Largest single ethnic group in the US is German. There is so many german farming communities all throughout the US.
@danrhinehart1134
3 ай бұрын
A surprising fact is that there is a Texas dialect of German. And to this day there are limited number of German speaking people. A notable example of this was Admiral Chester Nimitz who was from Texas and German was his first language not English.
@danrhinehart1134
3 ай бұрын
And on a footnote, the German word for Skunk is "stinkkatze". That is the Texas German word.
@sid3954
3 ай бұрын
That's not true. mexicans are.
@morgankelly9725
2 ай бұрын
It's not. it's what people REPORT because they think it's boring to be English. The largest single ethnic group in the U.S. is English. You can also look at the numbers of people who immigrated here from Germany (about the same as the Ulster Scots). They were a minority compared to the English already here and the English still moving here.
@impishrebel5969
2 ай бұрын
@@morgankelly9725 I think you're confusing the language with ethnicity. If you knew anything about American or British history, you'd know this isn't based on "reporting," this is fact well researched and documented. You're also assuming the English outbred the Germans when the majority of American last names are either Scotish/Irish or German, and many German last names sound English because of the shared language root. The majority of European migrants came from Germany, Scotland, and Ireland, and THEN English further down on the list. And don't try to tell me I'm wrong because I've SEEN the records, I've SEEN the documents, and I've SEEN the census reports and I've seen how many migrants came from where at certain points in time because the US kept *meticulous* records after the founding, and the colonies kept pretty good records of newcomers as well. I study both anthropology and genealogy and have done genealogical research for about 30 years. German is the most populous European ethnicity, NOT English, followed by Scottish and Irish because Britain would send droves of 'convicts' to the colonies. The Germans came because of religious freedom en mass because persecution has been a common theme for centuries. English had a relatively small migration population because Britain wanted English to be the ones building colonies, but they failed to get very many volunteers, then they resorted to convicts and forced migration. The Americas was a destination for *second sons* (and third/fourth etctr) of English nobles as it allowed them to carve out a name and fortune for *themselves*, but it was not a popular destination for the average English person who likely couldn't afford the trip and weren't so desperate (y'know, being English and not being oppressed in their own country) to indenture themselves to make the trip, which often left the indentured servants "owing" for life depending on who bought the debt. And really, the "English still moving here?" I live in Wales now and haven't seen a large mass of English leaving the island recently.
@timbrummer7401
4 ай бұрын
Texan here. I have to say that we are pretty proud of our German lineage as well, especially in the towns of Fredricksburg and New Braunfels
@hmmmm636
4 ай бұрын
Yes and Pflugerville. And Schertz and new Berlin and neiderwald, and gruene. I'm about 20 miles from New braunfels in a town with alot of "germans" as well.
@hmmmm636
4 ай бұрын
I'm "polish" tho.. the irony lol.
@kayrayization
4 ай бұрын
Love those towns.
@ccbarr58
4 ай бұрын
Schulenberg, Yokum
@Zodia195
4 ай бұрын
@@ccbarr58 Schulenburg used to have this amazing restaurant that had German food and sold different types of bread to take with you. My family always stopped there for lunch when we were heading to Houston. Heart-broken when it closed down (unless it moved locations).
@alexpratt71
3 ай бұрын
We have a huge German city here in Michigan, called Frankenmuth. It’s awesome. The ethnic food is outstanding. It’s a proud part of my German heritage 🫡
@laceyofthelake7602
3 ай бұрын
Yay Frankenmuth! I grew up around there in Saginaw County and I have so many fond memories of the Bavarian Festival and Zehnder’s Snowfest! I still spend a day in Frankenmuth whenever I visit my family in the area. My mother’s side of my family is entirely of German ancestry, and my dad’s side is partially so. I also spent 6 weeks in Germany years ago and I’ve always loved German culture and been proud of my German heritage too! 🙂👍🏻
@JoePastorgomez
3 ай бұрын
Frankenmuth a Beautiful Town ( Oh yea Zenders ! )
@jimsteele9261
2 ай бұрын
Been a while since I was in Frankenmuth,,, good chicken. :-) I don't remember if it was Zehnders or the Bavarian Inn, but they had a place near the interstate where you could pop off I-75 and get your chicken fix. "Freeway Fritz" it was called.
@solarcat_
2 ай бұрын
@@jimsteele9261 lol both restaurants are actually owned by the Zehnders!
@BringDHouseDown
2 ай бұрын
just saw images of Frankenmuth, I wish that type of architecture where all over the US, oh and especially the inns
@darrenjones2933
Ай бұрын
The term "Midwest" is because of the location of the Mississippi River. Everything West of the Mississippi is "The West". Oregon, Idaho, and Washington are called "The Pacific Northwest" because of the Pacific Ocean. California is just California because the rest of the country hates them. Then you have "The Southwest". Some people include Texas in the Southwest, but I don't. Texas is it's own thing all by itself. Texas has some big German communities along with a lot of Czech communities.
@Leftycraig48
Ай бұрын
I was amazed myself while traveling through Texas at the strong German presence there. San Antonio is about as un-German sounding as you can get but there are German restaurants and shops all over. Shiner beer, brewed in Texas was co-founded by a man named Kosmos Spoetzl. Nun, wie viel mehr Deutscher can you get?
@BrLoc
4 ай бұрын
I'm always amazed at how little is taught in Europe about the early Europeans that came to this new land and helped build this country. Germans, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Irish, Brits, Italians.....and to this day, the descendants of those very same early immigrants STILL inhabit a lot of the same areas that they did back then.
@nicholasrucinski1651
4 ай бұрын
I’m always surprised about how little we are thought about our european ancestors
@BrLoc
4 ай бұрын
@@nicholasrucinski1651 I was a history major in high school. Partly because I had an outstanding teacher all 4 years and partly because history is just my thing. I was taught a lot about my European ancestors. Dates, names, events....history isn't for everyone I get it, maybe I'm an exception but I paid attention.
@nicholasrucinski1651
4 ай бұрын
@@BrLoc in indiana world history pretty much starts at world war 1 and other then that we just have U.S. history
@knightwolf3511
4 ай бұрын
@@BrLoc school does a little bit of each it's just usually 1-2 days because trying to go through it all could take a week just on one region, as well school there are different history books for teaching like east coast vs west coast since different things happened so each book goes more in depth on which area. it's just there is too much for most people in a way like if you spent 1 week for each ancestor English, scotch, Irish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Swiss, Turk that would be 16 weeks alone or 3.6 months
@bryandeviney4072
4 ай бұрын
You gotta understand America is still very young. The Spanish colonized a great portion of America. Most of America was just the East Coast in its infancy. And America was pretty much stolen from the Native Americans... The true people of America are the native Americans, everyone else is an immigrant.
@MnemonicHack
4 ай бұрын
Half German, half Mexican, and fiercely proud of both. Germans really did build America.
@mattjohn4731
4 ай бұрын
Cool I want to visit Mexico because I need to escape USA. It's unaffordable and cruel and dumb here. Peace to Mexico and Germany and everyone else haha
@INSomnia_-_
4 ай бұрын
Hallo, 50% Mexican 18% English 13% Irish 10 % Wales 7% Swedish/Denmark and 2% german here
@greeneyedlady5580
4 ай бұрын
3/4 German here.
@traceurs619
4 ай бұрын
1 man from Croatia made the biggest impact. But, even then, Irish kinda built most😂 at least literally. Company and profit wise, definitely German. Americans love their beer!
@galacruse2318
4 ай бұрын
I have German, English and Scottish ancestors. The Englishman wants a drink, the German wants it NOW, and the Scot wants YOU to pay for it!! 😊
@matthill5426
4 ай бұрын
If that number seems high, remember that there are more Irish- Americans than actual Irish people in Ireland, and more Scottish- Americans than actual Scots in Scotland. 43 million German-Americans is a very believable number!
@xheralt
4 ай бұрын
The city of Chicago alone is reputed to have more ethnic Poles than Poland itself. If that's not the case any more, add in the 2nd largest Polish population in America (Milwaukee, WI) and the title will be secure.
@russellrichter3473
4 ай бұрын
German American here from North Dakota. Grew up in a German ethnic farming town. My last name is Richter pretty much everyone had german last names strobel, Mueller, stober ,Freud, schuh mertz ect ect. My great uncle lived in a town in ND and I kid you not named New Leipzig. Also have Strausburg, Hamburg, and many more.
@sarahhealy9848
4 ай бұрын
So true! I'm named for the only non-German ancestor in our family tree, my Scot-Irish/Welsh Gr. Grandmother. ❣
@Elaine8492
4 ай бұрын
Ahhh no. But there is a rewriting of American history from America's enemies within. But Gen Z wouldn't be able to distinguish fact from fiction sense they have been taught but indoctrinated.
@rw7668
4 ай бұрын
@@xheraltPoland has 38 million people
@WittenbergScholastic
2 ай бұрын
I am a Lutheran Christian in the Midwest of the US and this area is so heavily baked in German culture and history, it's unbelievable. Many have no idea how much German religious heritage has bled into the USA as well! I will be visiting Wittenberg next year to see all of the sites of the Reformation! Thank you for this awesome video! Cheers!
@Ljrobison
4 ай бұрын
Im from Pennsylvania and I can say there is definitely a good amount of German heritage and culture still here today. Especially in the Amish communities.
@christopherkowalczyk4405
4 ай бұрын
The fact that Pittsburgh kept the h at the end of its game when most other cities and towns dropped it because of antigerman feelings from WWI says a lot.
@HaleyTylertoo
4 ай бұрын
My Grandfather's family came from Germany and they settled in York PA. He was Amish and when he joined the Navy he was ex-communicated from all of his family. Our family tree stops at him.
@greenranger67
3 ай бұрын
I am from Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. There is still a city in Wisconsin called Germantown. We love our beer and our bratwurst. We celebrate Oktoberfest every year and are proud of our German heritage.
@nunyalastname-ej8vl
3 ай бұрын
Lots of Germantowns , named that I mean
@michelehenne2477
3 ай бұрын
@@nunyalastname-ej8vlYep, I live near Germantown IL. We also have New Baden, New Mindon, Darmstadt, and Meppen. I have probably overlooked a few.
@nunyalastname-ej8vl
3 ай бұрын
@@michelehenne2477 I landscaped there. In all those towns. I worked out of Lebanon IL lived in Highland. Highschool in Evil I finally escaped IL . My soul had a tiny bit left. It's returning. I will drive through Il but NEVER! NEVER! RETURN. The other states that are NO GO. NY OR CA WA IL .
@pflume1
3 ай бұрын
New Berlin, pronounced the wisconsin way,
@nicotti
3 ай бұрын
If you weren't aware, Milwaukee was called the "America's German Athens". My dad's ancestors immigrated to there after leaving polish Prussia in the 1870's. But they didn't like city life and ended up buying a farm west of Wausau.
@OkiePeg411
4 ай бұрын
In Oklahoma (near Muskogee Oklahoma), there was a POW camp for german POWS during WWII. There are articles on Google about the camps and first-hand interviews of the POWS. Many of them actually decided to stay in the US after the war. The interviews described how well they were treated and fed. My uncle was the main cook for the camp. He told us that he had never cooked a bad meal for them. He cooked just as well for them as he did for US soldiers and cooked just as well for his own family. My aunt and uncle met at that POW camp. My aunt lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and she went to a dance held at the POW camp!! That's how they met and married. Also, they adopted 2 German orphans (my cousins) when they were stationed in germany!!!
@arlettedumais5776
4 ай бұрын
That's beautiful❣
@JohnDoe-fu6zt
4 ай бұрын
My father guarded German POWs at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. The prisoners were fed better than their guards. The U.S. was overly-scrupulous about observing the Geneva Convention, at least before May of '45.
@mason7119
4 ай бұрын
The same type of situation happened in Hartford, WI. There was a POW camp set up on the outskirts of town near the Zivko's Ballroom. The German prisoners were held there and the locals were mostly German descent themselves. My first construction employer was a kid back then and he remembered the local women bringing the POWs food to eat. Many of the Germans stayed and settled down there.
@Ati-MarcusS
4 ай бұрын
My Grandfather was in a POW Camp in the South of the US he surrendered to the US Army in North Africa in WW 2
@jorgejaime4325
4 ай бұрын
Germans POWs were treated a lot better than black Americans. They were allowed to go to the near town, and enjoy amenities that blacks wished they could enjoy too as a "free" men.
@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi
2 ай бұрын
We travel north every winter to go to a ice carving and snow shaping festival in a Michigan town called "Frankenmuth" (a.k.a. "Little Bavaria"). Teams and individuals from around the world come to compete and observe the festivities. They have the worlds largest year round Christmas shop. They also have a massive glockenspeil clock, and old world style architecture everywhere. There's probably videos of the various Frankenmuth festivals on here.
@fifiladu2659
4 ай бұрын
There are huge pockets of German immigrants/ German cultural influence here in the USA. My son randomly came across a girl from Germany. They met because he was looking up a friend from high school online, and she just so happened to have the same name, a continent apart. She didn’t even speak English. But my ADHD son has magic superpowers that he attained from his hyperactivity, which includes the gift of perseveration. So he used his God given gift to perseverate in a good way- he taught her to speak English. He would not give up. He was relentless in teaching her, because he found her so beautiful. Today she lives here in the USA, and is married to my son, and speaks English so well, that people think she’s just another American. ♥️
@mikecrooks8085
4 ай бұрын
She is now just another American, awesome.
@Werewindle
4 ай бұрын
This girl lives fairly close to me in Cincinnati. This city was basically founded by Germans. One of our neighborhoods is "Over the Rhine" because the people who lived here were reminded of their previous homeland by the view of the Ohio River from that part of town. There are still remnants of that German heritage to be found around the city, but many things like street names were changed during WW1. We still have the largest Oktoberfest in the world, though.
@TheMrPeteChannel
4 ай бұрын
She lost most of her accent!
@wheeliebeast7679
4 ай бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannel I've watched some of her videos & she def hasn't lost her accent. It's VERY apparent when she speaks German or pronounces German words in an otherwise English sentence. She's clearly managed to not only become fluent in English, hard enough as it is, but also do so in the accent of a native speaker from the USA. Probably had super good ESL teachers.
@madonnahood3381
4 ай бұрын
From Northwest Ohio. Lots of German immigration there, too.
@beverlycrowell_
4 ай бұрын
My husband's paternal grandparents came from Germany in the 1880s to the Cincinnati area. There are relatives even today in southwestern Ohio, but his grandparents eventually moved to Batesville, Indiana (in the southeast part of the state). There was a considerable German population in Batesville also.
@ClickToSeeMore-zy9fc
4 ай бұрын
Based on the original Munich Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States and second largest in the world. Sorry no cigar.
@sarahhealy9848
4 ай бұрын
My parents are only 1st generation Americans, as their parents & grandparents immigrated from Germany to Baltimore, MD in the 1880's. They spoke fluent German, but refused to teach their children (my parents) their native tongue, wanting to prevent discrimination while growing up here in the USA. As a little girl, I asked my Grandfather Kraft to teach me German, but he insisted we spoke only English, saying "We are Americans now"! He only spoke his native language after drinking beer at parties, lol. Prost! 🇩🇪
@cynthiaryan6391
4 ай бұрын
Same here, my mothers family is German. We still have sauerkraut with Thanksgiving dinner and there are restaurants in Baltimore that you get sauerkraut with your Thanksgiving dinner here still. In 1900 the first language spoken in Baltimore MD was German, not English. One of my closest friends is Pennsylvania Dutch-yes all German. I will show my cousins this video for sure. Thanks for sharing!!
@vcwloves9864
4 ай бұрын
Similar situation here, but with Spanish.
@harrietbredehoft6578
4 ай бұрын
My husband had the same experience. They were not allowed to learn German so the only words the children knew were affectionate nicknames and cursewords.
@TheMrPeteChannel
4 ай бұрын
Ha ha, today if you go to Miami nobody speaks English but tourists.
@susanlanglo-killian7096
4 ай бұрын
My Norwegian grandparents also refused to teach their children to speak Norwegian. I remember my grandfather saying “You are American! “ whenever any of us asked him how to say something in Norwegian. I know a little because I still have family in Norway.
@kruegon6946
27 күн бұрын
I am a 3rd generation German America. My great grandparents escaped the German empire at the beginning of World War I. My grandmother was the first one of us born in this country, just two months after my great grandparents arrived. It was a very bad time to be German in America. My family did not continue to pass along many of the traditions, nor the language, of our homeland. They didn't want to be singled out, and hated, for their country of origin. So, they did their best to learn to be as 'American' as possible. I have been trying to trace back my lineage, but so far all I have found is that we come from somewhere along the Rhine River. That's a pretty long river. This is my mother's side of the family. We have recently found out that my father's family also includes German heritage from the Netherlands. Just 30 minutes north of where I live is a city that was founded by German immigrants. There we take part in Oktoberfest. A much more traditional version of the celebration of the festival than is observed by most Americans. Unfortunately, the average American seems to think that 'Octoberfest' is just a reason to eat odd sausages, drink beer, and dance to accordion music, with no other purpose than to have a good, old, drunken laugh.
@theodorehallbkylaw
9 күн бұрын
I hope you are able to find out all you can about your German ancestry. My dad's older sister married a man of German ancestry, and my cousins are having a difficult time tracing their heritage for the same reason.
@MrBlazinerday
4 ай бұрын
No matter where you come from there is a town in America where people from your country have made a home for themselves. Thats the strength of America.
@ClickToSeeMore-zy9fc
4 ай бұрын
Sadly some are now saying that is the weakness..How soon they forget!
@pingamalinga
4 ай бұрын
NY has a neighborhood for everyone. 😂
@Neoyorchese
4 ай бұрын
@@pingamalingatrue...the real real agora of the world
@jennywells416
4 ай бұрын
Which makes it weird that immigrants are hated so much on todays America.. when we all come from immigrant families.
@LSFA-KrissyL16
4 ай бұрын
@@jennywells416Fact. I mean wtf.
@khutchinsoncpa1
4 ай бұрын
My husband’s grandmother spoke German in her home and elementary school, in West Texas. This stopped at school over time between WWI and WWII. She visited Germany in the 1990s, and could be understood. However, they found her dialect very quaint, as if she were a time traveller.
@hmmmm636
4 ай бұрын
My bf gma was the pretty much the same. From Fredericksburg.
@markkringle9144
4 ай бұрын
I was told my German was pretty good, but I had a horrible American accent.
@beth3535
4 ай бұрын
My mother spoke it as a young person. I took it in college and somehow started out with a marked Swabian accent, which is where my father’s family also came from.
@kalulu1675
4 ай бұрын
Yes, this happened in my family, also. My gr-grandparents quit speaking German during WWII. I often wonder what it must have been like to be Germans in America during two wars in your own lifetime, both with your relatives in the old country.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
4 ай бұрын
That was a very different country. One that no longer exists.
@frankb1
4 ай бұрын
In the USA, if someone says "I'm German" they could mean that their ancestors came from Germany.
@juliaforsyth8332
4 ай бұрын
They do mean they are of descent. Like Americans say they're Irish.
@cplmpcocptcl6306
4 ай бұрын
Yep, that’s exactly what we mean.
@WyattRyeSway
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, there are 1,500 ethnic groups estimated to be in the USA so yes, that’s what they mean. Basically their DNA.
@bl8388
4 ай бұрын
True, but that would be American, with German ancestry. If you say you are German, even people in the USA are likely to think you are a German citizen.
@WyattRyeSway
4 ай бұрын
@@bl8388 ……nope, not in my area. As an American, I know how people use the term in my area. American is a nationality, not an ancestry. In the US, “I’m Irish” denotes Irish ancestry. If someone said “I’m German” and has an accent, you might then ask “from Germany?” which yes, the person can then be confused but language use is different country to country, obviously. The only true ancestral Americans are native Americans and they will state “Native American” and then usually give their tribe like Navajo, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Blackfoot etc. Only 2.9% of American citizens are Native Americans. It’s simply how this nation uses the term, nothing more. In Germany, over 85% are ethnic Germans. In Ireland, over 75% are ethnic Irish. Even in France, 69% are ethnic French so often, the question would not need to be asked but “I’m Irish” or “Are you Polish?” is just a holdover from massive influx of immigrants to the US in the 19th and early 20th century. It was a way to find common ground. It was also important in a country where people tended to live by ethnic groups. Little Italy, Chinatown, were areas where an O’Malley might not be very welcome but he could go to Hells Kitchen or here in my area the old Irish area is still called Irish Row. Someone named Carlucci or Dobroski might not be welcomed with much gusto. I’m thankful it’s different now. In my area we have different races, ethnic groups etc and it’s still talked about as “I’m Italian and Polish” or “I am Cherokee and Norwegian”. The collective meaning is one of ancestry, not nationality. The assumption is you are an American. It’s just American culture and American use of the language, despite what Europeans say.
@AlexandraLynch1
Ай бұрын
It's a HUGE thing. A lot of famiiies stopped speaking German at home and pushed their kids to "speak American!" during WWI. So a lot of their grandkids ate some German dishes and perhaps called them Oma and Opa, and they have a German last name, but that's all. My grandfather's grandfather came in the 1880's from Pomerania....the area's Poland now, but it was Germany when they left. The family story is that they left because he didn't want his tall sons forced into the army.
@binxbolling
4 ай бұрын
She forgot the German heritage of President Dwight Eisenhower, who earlier was the American General in command of American forces in Europe in World War 2.
@johndunkelburg9495
4 ай бұрын
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz of WWII fame was of Texan German heritage and hailed from Fredericksburg, TX.
@roberthohlt469
4 ай бұрын
@@johndunkelburg9495 Nimitz was CINCPAC or Commander in Chief Pacific after Kimmel. There is a Pacific War museum near his Fredericksburg Texas hotel/home.
@oliviawolcott8351
4 ай бұрын
I think also Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt were german. I know a lot of the old money families are too like the Vanderbilts, the Hearsts, and the Rockefellers. there is also Pulitzer, Koch and Newhouse and Milliken families.
@johndunkelburg9495
4 ай бұрын
@@oliviawolcott8351 The Roosevelts, like all the old Knickerbocker families, are of old Dutch descent from the original settlers of New Amsterdam who remained after the British took over and renamed the place New York.
@AnonUser1977
4 ай бұрын
Technically he was Swiss.
@rmartinson19
4 ай бұрын
The German diaspora is much larger than most modern Germans seem to realize. The US is an obvious case where millions came over, but Germans immigrated to every part of North and South America and plenty of other places besides, and their influence is everywhere if you know where to look. A few examples? The most well-known form of Mexican music, Norteño (also known as Mariachi music) is just German Polka with Spanish lyrics and a couple of instruments added. The only beer that China exports, Tsingtao, is named after the city it is brewed in, which was once a German colony. In fact, the original Tsingtao brewery is one of the very first things the German authorities built when they took over Tsingtao (now called Qingdao), and the German architecture and styling of the buildings of the city make modern Qingdao a popular domestic tourism destination for young Chinese people. In my town in the American mid-West, nearly half of the population is descended from Volga Germans who fled persecution in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, bringing an odd mix of German and Russian cuisine and culture with them. In Namibia (formerly Deutsch-Südwestafrika) there is a very strong strain of German influence, and even a couple of ethnic groups descended from German colonists and Schutztruppe who still speak German and identify with German culture first and foremost to this day. There are loads of other examples out there - enough to fill whole essays! - but the point is, Germans went everywhere, and everywhere they went they brought German words, German ideas, German culture and German work ethic with them, and their influence can be felt even in the modern day.
@andrewmclaughlin2701
4 ай бұрын
Florianopolis has the prettiest women in the western hemisphere. Pre-1930s German heritage folk are abundant in Florianopolis.
@Alejojojo6
4 ай бұрын
Mexico has fewer than 200 000 german and german descendants in Mexico today for a population of 127 million. That about 0,15% of Mexicans today. The gemran influence and migration in mexico is anecdotal and very small.
@rmartinson19
4 ай бұрын
@@Alejojojo6 🙄I never said it was large influence or that it was millions upon millions of Germans. I pointed out (correctly) that a number of Germans emigrated to Mexico, and also (correctly) that they had a noticeable cultural impact that can be seen and felt today. None of what you said actually contradicts anything I said, so now I'm just left here wondering why you even felt the need to respond.
@andrewmclaughlin2701
4 ай бұрын
@@Alejojojo6 obviously
@amysexton7505
2 ай бұрын
i always wondered why ranchero music sounded like polka
@fionnmaccumhaill3257
4 ай бұрын
Germantown was founded by my 13th great grandfather, who started Germantown. He was the first Mennonite Bishop in America and created the first paper mill in North America.
@sharonporter7132
4 ай бұрын
Wow, that's fun to know. You should be very proud.
@randomlyentertaining8287
4 ай бұрын
Hey! We're related :D I know who you're talking about, though his name escapes me right now.
@fionnmaccumhaill3257
4 ай бұрын
@@randomlyentertaining8287 William Rittenhouse
@JohnDoe-fu6zt
4 ай бұрын
There's a Germantown in Maryland, too, near Washington, D.C.
@viikmaqic
4 ай бұрын
Its so insane to hear people talk about "13th" great grandfater. I was born in Sweden, and all DNA tests shows just a tiny area in north of Sweden. Im nothing else just that tiny part lol, not even southern or middle of Sweden. But I apparently have a shitton of "relatives" in USA
@fearandloathingmedia2051
Ай бұрын
As an American from Florida, i thank the Germans for their scientists and engineers and beer and food!
@DerrelliThePyro
4 ай бұрын
There are many Germantowns. I live twenty minutes from one here in Wisconsin. And I'm 50% German ancestry myself.
@Px828
4 ай бұрын
There's also a Germantown, Maryland.
@lego5745
4 ай бұрын
I didn’t know this until recently, but there’s also a Germantown in Ohio.
@andrewjones4774
4 ай бұрын
Yeah and a New Berlin
@amigast9778
4 ай бұрын
Germantown, TN
@roboparks
4 ай бұрын
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, The British Victory Locked up Washington's Army for a few years till the Southern Millia could break through
@plnkfloydian7814
4 ай бұрын
My grandma lived next to a German couple and anytime we would visit grandma, the German couple would have us over and spoil us with all kinds of German chocolates
@ActionNerdGo
4 ай бұрын
I grew up in Central Missouri. We say "gesundheit" instead of bless you and one of the oldest jokes in the area is, "I didn't know who to vote for, so I just picked a good German name and went with that."
@Slow_Bear
3 ай бұрын
Lol
@AdahPAHtatah
4 күн бұрын
I am German my maiden name is Nehring, my Grandfather is from Munich. My family migrated to America to escape the upcoming WW2. I worked as a tour guide in the Historic district in Philadelphia, PA and this is what I learned. Germans along with the Swedes, were some of the earliest settlers at least in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starting about the late 1600's. When the Declaration of Independence was read aloud on the grounds of what is now Independence Hall in 1776, it was read once in English and once in German. It was the Germans who started the beer breweries in Philadelphia with names like "Schaefer, Schlitz and Pabst Blue Ribbon" beers and also gave us the soft pretzel (Bavarian pretzel) which Philadelphia is known for. So you could say the Germans were a part of the founding fathers of the USA, along with the Brits. The Swedes are credited with some old Churches, but not much else. There were strong German neighborhoods in Philadelphia at one time and German butchers were popular, my favorite is Rieker's and it is still in business today selling all that fresh wurst and my favorite, fresh made liverwurst. PS I was born in the Philadelphia neighborhood called Germantown.
@LarryHatch
4 ай бұрын
Country Fried or Chicken Fried Steak (CFS) in Texas was invented by Germans and Austrians who missed Wiener Schnitzel. Veal was hard to find so they took the abundant Texas beef, cut it thin, pounded it very flat, fried it, and added a peppery cream sauce like we see today. There were no mushtooms or onions in the cream sauce like in Germany.
@WyattRyeSway
4 ай бұрын
I live in TX. That’s my all time favorite food! Chicken fried steak and fried green beans!
@chrishooge3442
4 ай бұрын
You, sir are exactly right. I have a cookbook I found in Fredericksburg, Tx that showed the transition from pork to beef due to the hot climate. Pork would go bad to soon. Multiple families formed a "mess" and would portion out a slaughtered animal so that it could be prepared and consumed before spoilage. Chicken Fried Steak and Schnitzel is something I try to partake on occasion.
@HonRevPTB
4 ай бұрын
I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we are the top of the German triangle in the Midwest! We are famous for being the Brew City where all the famous German brewers started the biggest breweries in the world, we have Usinger's and Klement's sausages, the best in the world!!! We have one of the most famous German restaurants in the world called Mader's established in 1902, the Red Baron's dining table and many effects from his home are there along with decades of history & incredible German cuisine!!! After WWII Ladish Corporation was given Hitler's Hammers which are the biggest forging hammers in the world which are still used today, they shake the ground for a mile around every time they're used, the base of them sits 4 stories into the ground!!! We have many other famous German companies here like Siemans!!! We have a massive festival every year called German fest and we also have a city called Germantown!!! My grandfather told me when he was a kid they had German POWs working on the farm , they weren't Nazis, they were just guys caught up at a bad place in a bad time, he said they were really nice and worked like mules, and one of them was a watch maker and he was brilliant and he had great conversations with him!!! The city of Milwaukee was built with the strong backs of German, Irish and Polish immigrants!!!
@esh_414
4 ай бұрын
Ah yes... Klement's Sausages. When I would head to Tennessee to visit a friend there he always requested 2 things, Klement's and Spotted Cow.
@HonRevPTB
4 ай бұрын
@@esh_414 Yes!!! Both we are famous for and they are both very good!!!!!!! 👍
@roboparks
4 ай бұрын
Milwaukee, Beer LOL
@esh_414
4 ай бұрын
@@roboparks I aint talking about Miller or Pabst... that stuff is water
@mikecrooks8085
4 ай бұрын
Grutzwurst, I have an old German American 1900 circa recipe book my grandpa pretty well followed. The first item on the recipe called to boil off all the flesh from one pigs head. Stuff is awesome. never ever tell your non-German friends what is in until after they have ate it. But really being a pigs head is hard to come by in town now we just sub in a cheap pork roast which does not require such a big pot. Lotsa allspice.
@suninsky3397
3 ай бұрын
I m American but I have German heritage and love the German people I’m so fascinated by Germany and German people. You all are awesome
@scottklocke891
3 ай бұрын
Sehr güte
@assrammington7961
2 ай бұрын
1488frömmMinnesota
@valnarehood834
2 ай бұрын
Hello Chris! First time I have seen you channel. I am an American of German ancestry from Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch/Deutcsh). On my dad's side they came over in the 1740s, we don't know very much about them, unfortunately. On my mom's side, the first Schnellbach came over in the 1860s from Bavaria. We are German-Americans, but I don't know how many of my family's "German" recipes actually are German! I did finally get to visit Germany for the first time 5 years ago!
@Skiskiski
4 ай бұрын
That is why US is called "The Melting Pot."
@zombienursern4909
2 ай бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking!
@assrammington7961
2 ай бұрын
More like the septic tank with all the browns allowed to refugee here
@DemetriusAniketos
4 ай бұрын
I'm of Austrian-German-Jewish descent, my ancestor came over in 1849 from Krakow when it was still under Austrian control. He ended up serving as a field doctor in the US army fighting during the Civil War over here. His people all settled in Minnesota eventually where a lot of other German and Scandinavian families ended up.
@TheLodz61
3 ай бұрын
Great channel! I am an American and Polish dual citizen born in Ohio and married an American-German girl. German and Polish influence is everywhere in the Midwest.
@MrPunkinhed81
3 ай бұрын
Same in Pennsylvania
@MadAnthonyI
Ай бұрын
I am from Pennsylvania. My German ancestors in Pennsylvania came very early (1725 ish). They were Hessians from the Rhine Valley region. I also have Germanic heritage from Limbaugh, which was the part of the Austrian-Hungarian at the time(1913). It is now in Slovakia. They came to Cincinnati, Ohio. Many knew each other from (the old country). The area where they lived was called Groesbeck. My grandmother used to make a dish called spatzli. German was essentially the official language of Pennsylvania in the early days. When the United States was formed they were going to have two official languages; German and English, but ultimately there is no official language.
@cinnamonstar808
Ай бұрын
DIDNT Benjamin Franklin went off about this ?
@tateranus4365
Ай бұрын
wait have you done one of those ancestry DNA kits because we seriously might be related?
@MadAnthonyI
Ай бұрын
@@tateranus4365 Yes. It shows colonial Pennsylvania, for one thing.
@catbutte4770
4 ай бұрын
I am a Mexican-American, but I also have German ancestry! My German ancestry comes from my father's side of the family, though his family came from Spain. I always wondered where my white skin (I have VERY pale skin) came from. Anyway, many years ago, I went with my father to Mexico to bury his mother. That's when I was introduced to my great-uncle. He was a little old man (he was 97 years old) had white skinned like me and had the bluest eyes I've ever seen. I was SO happy to see him. I was really happy to finally meet a family member who looked like me (except for the blue eyes, I have dark brown eyes). Chris, I'm glad to have come across your channel. Cheers!
@chrishooge3442
4 ай бұрын
In San Antonio, some of the very earliest immigrants were Spanish who came from the Canary Islands. We're talking early like 1730s.
@afjo972
4 ай бұрын
Your German heritage is not necessarily the reason for your pale skin. Most Germans aren’t even that pale. That’s the Brits
@EvaniaAKu
3 ай бұрын
The accordion, still used in Mexican music, is evidence of German influence in the Southwest.
@raise1000
4 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: The Royal family in the UK had a German surname. They changed it to Windsor during WWI.
@stpaley
4 ай бұрын
well actually the current UK monarch's father has a german surname, Mountbatten, they anglicized it
@Chrisb.reacts
4 ай бұрын
They come from my hometown were I lived as a child Coburg 😉
@dingus6317
4 ай бұрын
England, Germany, and Russia's monarchs were all cousins during WW1
@askaradzi
4 ай бұрын
@@Chrisb.reacts I reads a bit about this town and I am trully amazed. This town has a lot beautiful places to visit. And thi castle loks so beautiful. Not to far. Only 10 hours in car. I difinitelly I have to visit this beautiful town. My goal for future
@randomlyentertaining8287
4 ай бұрын
Double Fun Fact: King George VI technically abused his power as King and had orders issued to some British units to go to Blankenburg Castle and get the private valuables, furniture, etc of the Duke of Brunswicks, a relative of King George VI, and get them out of there before the Soviets showed up to take over as the area was to be in the Soviet area of occupation. For much more in depth info kzitem.info/news/bejne/zn6EsZeprmV-qIo
@kympeplau1635
4 ай бұрын
I’m 68 years old. I went to a Catholic school from grades 1-9. Most of the school kids were German, Irish, Scottish, Polish, or Scandinavian.. I was adopted but after doing my DNA I found that I’m a third British isles mix, a third polish, and a third German. My adoptive parents are dad German and mom Swedish. My mom learned how to cook certain German recipes. My dad swore that German made items are the best . We had a German barometer next to our door I knew the German words on it. I picked up a little here and there. I took it in high school but don’t remember much. . I’m from Minnesota and my dad grew up in a small German town. There really are a lot of Germans in this country as well as German influences and foods as well. This country has many different people from all over the world. That’s one thing that I love about our country.
@CS58420
2 ай бұрын
My paternal grandfather (born in 1917) was German American from Indiana. He grew up speaking German in church and when visiting relatives that still lived in farming communities that were almost entirely German. His ancestors arrived in Philadelphia in the early 1700's.
@rebeccasplain5429
4 ай бұрын
My Maiden name is Vogler. My Vogler ancestor came from Bünde in 1866 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. I live near St. Louis to this day and encounter German last names daily. While it's true that teaching children German and German language newspapers ceased during World War I, many kept their German last names including my own family. Other German immigrants in my family tree include Schilli, Fischer, Siebert, Knollman, Kirchner, Hurlbrink, Baldauf and many more. Ich spreche auch Deutsch und lerne täglich Deutsch auf Duolingo.
@eatonkuntz
4 ай бұрын
I don't speak any German but I think you said you speak German and learned written German from Duolingo? I think the influence is subtle but it just became a part of America.
@andmicbro1
4 ай бұрын
@@eatonkuntzEnglish has a lot of German influence, which makes a lot of sense considering where the Angles and Saxons came from. Anglish, now English, brought a ton of Germanic language influence. So it's actually even older of an influence than people might think. German is easier for a lot of English speakers to learn because the languages really do share a lot of influence going all the way back. Even the names of the days of the week in English have Germanic names for the Old Norse gods. Tuesday is Tirs day, Wednesday is Woden's day, Thursday is Thor's day, Friday is Frigg's day. English really is the language of languages. It borrows and steals from so many other languages. There's Greek and Latin, there's French and German, there's Spanish. And even Arabic and Asian languages influencing English. Well, and the British Empire played a hand in colonizing the world with the language as well. But the rise of American technology has been a major boost as well. I think one reason English has become such a global language and been so successful throughout history, is how easily it adopts and shares words so readily.
@saureco
3 ай бұрын
We might be related. My ancestors are named Vogelei.
@timriehl1500
4 ай бұрын
I burst out laughing when you said " Austrian painter".
@rwilson7197
4 ай бұрын
That is one way to describe him!😵💫😮😵💫
@MegaSkills9
4 ай бұрын
I am from Minnesota and my Dads side of the Family is 100 % German. He is from the 4th generation of Germans living here going back to the early 1800's. My Moms side is 100% Norwegen and they have also been in MN for the same number of generations. Mn has a lot of people from both of those countries.
@durantrza4856
4 ай бұрын
Technically all Scandinavian countries are Germanic tribes. So you would be 100 % German.
@MegaSkills9
4 ай бұрын
Thanks. That's very interesting. @@durantrza4856
@cluckieschickens
4 ай бұрын
@@durantrza4856not sure about Finland in this though... Norway and Sweden, yes.
@kabodick
4 ай бұрын
I’m from Minnesota too. I live in New Ulm, a German heritage city.
@onenightinbangkok-gp6zb
Ай бұрын
I'm in Pennsylvania, largest German settlements in the USA happened here. The Amish actually speak German and English.
@willp.8120
Ай бұрын
I'm from Georgia and this summer we visited Amish country around Lancaster. I noticed the German accent on the people who worked in the stores. Very unique, especially seeing the horse and buggies, too.
@merchernel123
3 ай бұрын
This is totally random, but you have such a very friendly face. Genuinely. When it's resting, it looks calm and interested, not sad or concerned or blank. I think I tend to look slightly concerned or even bored when I'm focused. But you look kind. It's really sweet.
@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069
4 ай бұрын
When you said "Wow, the midwest is pretty far East" I burst out laughing!
@ritathomas5167
4 ай бұрын
I am 50% of German ancestry. All four of my paternal great-grandparents were German immigrants to Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1870's and 1880's. My maiden name is Knauper, and most of my German ancestors came from around the Osnabruck area. I am very, very proud of my German heritage. My husband is 50% of Italian heritage. This shows you one of the greatest things about the U.S. - we are truly a "melting pot" of cultures, representing the world!
@martinoamello3017
4 ай бұрын
My father's mother was from straight off the boat from Germany around the same time in Cincinnati. She married my Canadian (French) grandfather so I grew up listening to all kinds of German and French sayings coming from the old man, but I grew up in Dayton and lots of German immigrants there as well. There's a Germantown southwest of Dayton as well. Maybe closer to Cincinnati...I never measured it. I'm heading back up that way later this summer to visit family and pickup a bunch of Gliers geotta. My grandmother's geotta was to die for. 😅
@11Stucat
2 ай бұрын
Im from the Greater Cincinnati area and we have a huge German heritage in these parts. My Mom's side consists of last names Koher & Grothaus.
@hollycampbell4103
2 ай бұрын
My paternal grandmother was German. German was her first language, english was her second.
@weptbigfoot892
4 ай бұрын
I’m from Cincinnati, and there is a bit more history about that bridge. It was the first major suspension bridge in the U.S., and at first, no one wanted to cross it out of fear that the wires holding up the bridge would snap. But the architect who built the bridge happened to be friends with P.T. Barnum, who owned the Barnum and Bailey Circus. The architect asked Barnum for a favor, and soon after, a parade of elephants walked over the bridge with a crowd of spectators. When the elephants successfully crossed the bridge, the people were no longer scared to cross. I don’t know if this is true, but it is a story I often hear. Also, in Cincinnati, Oktoberfest is a big deal. I don’t know how it is in Germany, but at least it is a citywide event here. Over-The-Rhine is always filled with people drinking during Oktoberfest. One last fact, since I just remembered it, German architecture is very common in Cincinnati. Even in neighborhoods with mostly American-style homes, it isn’t uncommon for one or two houses to have traditionally German designs, with it being exceptionally common around the Observatory, not to mention other pockets of German communities.
@gibsalot
4 ай бұрын
Im from Hamilton , most of the small town's around Cincinnati have older historic area's where the buildings are almost all of German influence and style. Octoberfest is one of my fav events of the year :P
@winstonmitchell5605
3 ай бұрын
I'm a German American too. My mother is a first generation from Schweinfurt Germany.
@brave_dave
2 ай бұрын
I'm from a German-American family. My ancestors came over to the United States in the 1830's. My 3X Great Grandfather fought in a German-American regiment formed in Cleveland Ohio during the American civil war. The Hausmann's Bosau's and Meitzke's.
@ryancampbell2192
4 ай бұрын
My father-in-law came to Wisconsin from Hamburg with his mother after WWII (after escaping a Soviet camp) & settled in Milwaukee, where there is a large German population. Because of this my son speaks fluent German.
@coldvoid7579
4 ай бұрын
Yeah there is actually quite a few old timers who are still fluent in German in the area. I'm learning myself
@nataliew.6880
4 ай бұрын
My German family came over in 1721 for religious freedom ( they were Protestant and we still are practicing Protestants today!) they made their American home in Bedford PA and fought in the American Revolution to create this nation. Their family name was Stortz. ( historians believe that was an Americanized version of their German name). To this day we celebrate them and our German heritage. ❤
@aurorathekitty7854
4 ай бұрын
Families changing their last names was very common back in the day when they migrated to the states. My great great grandfather on my dad's side changed his last name when he moved to the states from Neilson to Nelson.
@rmartinson19
4 ай бұрын
@@aurorathekitty7854 Same. My family mostly descends from Germans and Danes, and my family name "Martinson" is an anglicized version of the common Danish surname "Mortensen".
@kevinscottbell
4 ай бұрын
Several of my German families also settled in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in (Londonderry Township) before 1765. Oswalt and Huston families. Large families with many descendants. My 3rd and 4th Great Granfathers, both named Jacob Oswalt, were born there. They both moved into Ohio Territory and stayed there. I have more German ancestral that would take me a long time to post here.
@Rose-z4h6k
4 ай бұрын
I'm Oglala, Scots, Welsh and German. My German ancestors were Anabaptists (Amish) who were forced to emigrate. They eventually settled in Lancaster county before the Revolutionary War. My grandfather was the son of a man who left the community and eventually ended up working in the steel mills in Pittsburgh. My grandfather spoke Pennsylvania Dutch as well as English. You can go Amish communities and hear the language spoken today.
@WE__BTS
4 ай бұрын
@@Rose-z4h6kI'm from Anabaptists too! Did you know that most of our ancestors were originally from Switzerland?
@rtyria
4 ай бұрын
My aunt (Dad's oldest sister) is the last of us to speak German fluently. My great grandfather had immigrated during the 1880's and lived for a time in Ohio before moving to Illinois along the Mississippi river. When she was young he lived for awhile with them and German was spoken in the home about as much as English.
@billiechristine4034
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, my great grandparents were the last for my family. I can somewhat understand it spoken and written, but my speaking skills are very poor.
@nickmoritz1515
2 ай бұрын
My grandfather had escaped Germany before World War 2 and joined the US army. He had incredible foresight of what was to come. Needless to say, he brought us novels written by our ancestors of our family heritage and every other christmas we look at our familys history in Germany. German americans are often proud of our heritage, believe it or not. We see strength in it.
@randomanton
3 ай бұрын
My German ancestry started from a Hessian Soldier in the late 1770's during the American Revolutionary War. He was from Bleichenbach, Germany and settled in Pennsylvania
@mnfowler1
4 ай бұрын
German-Americans in American sports is a real thing. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth were great American baseball players. Both of German heritage.
@armadaministries6283
4 ай бұрын
My German family settled here in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia in the 1700’s and we are still here in this beautiful valley 🙏💖
@kd8199
3 ай бұрын
Which part? Mine settled in New Market. Surname Kipps.
@terrichicosky5676
Ай бұрын
My grandparents still spoke German/PA Dutch at home in the 1950’s. Their families have been here since the early 1700’s. ❤
@patrzepny6379
4 ай бұрын
Some of my German ancestors came to America in 1884, and settled in Minnesota. They came because it was hard to buy land in Germany at that time, as the Junkers held most of the land (Pommern). Other German ancestors, also from Pommern, arrived in 1846 and 1873, and settled in Wisconsin and farmed. I knew my great-grandmother, who was six when they emigrated and passed away when I was 10 years old. The sense of German heritage was strong in our family--the foods we ate, the festivals and music, Christmas customs, etc. Milwaukee, where I grew up, was once considered to be the German "Athens" of America. Just about everyone one I knew in our neighborhood and school was of German or Polish heritage.
@mnn1265
4 ай бұрын
My ancestors are almost all from Germany and they also settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A lot of Germans did! It's why Bratwurst, beer and sour kraut is such a bit part of the culture there. In fact, in that part of the country there are a lot of people that still speak German - my grandparents did.
@dellingson4833
4 ай бұрын
I'm in a strong pocket of decedents of Norway who entered the US in the early 1880's and traveled to North Dakota. I still own my families original 40 ocreas of homestead property. Or family traveled one time 40 miles from Oslo to visit blood relatives who still spell our last name with a e instead of a o.
@mnn1265
4 ай бұрын
@@dellingson4833 Many people don't realize how incredibly huge America is, there are interesting pockets of population all over the continent. Too bad strip malls have taken over so much of nation in modern times.
@CivilizedWarrior
4 ай бұрын
I have German heritage on both sides of my family. My Pop, my mom’s dad is a full blooded German, from Pennsylvania, and his family has been here so long, he’s not sure when they got here. We know they were here well before the civil war, because a few of them served in the Union Army, and they may go back as far as the American Revolution in the 1770’s. My brother and I definitely got the German mechanical gene from him, he can build or fix anything, and taught us to do the same. He loves Volkswagens and worked on them for a living in the 60’s lol. We all love beer and sausages, and faith is important to us. I’d love to go to Germany one day, being a big WW2 nerd, I’d love to see some of the battle sites in Germany, France, and Belgium. Anyways, Greetings from New Jersey.
@corinnecivish7673
4 ай бұрын
I was surprised she didn't mention the U.S. Civil War German mercenaries that (mostly Union) men hired to do their stint in the war, for them.
@EyreAffair
4 ай бұрын
I'm an American of Volga German (Russian German) ancestry who was born and raised in Florida. My grandmother's family came from Catharine (founded in 1876), a small town in Kansas named for Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (reigned 1762 to 1796), who was a major patron of German settlers. The Volga Germans, who were a mix of Germans from all across Germany, formed settlements along the Volga River in Russia, and became known as the "Wolgadeutsche". However, during the reign of Tsar Alexander II (reigned 1855 to 1881), the Tsar attempted to assimilate the Volga Germans and another population, the Baltic Germans, including banning German language and culture. This caused many Russian Gemans to emigrate to the United States, and especially the Midwestern states (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, etc.), where most kept their Geman culture and language until World War I (1914-1918) or World War II (1939-1945). My ancestors named their town, "Catharine", after the German settlement they came from in Russia, "Katharinenstadt", which was later renamed to "Marxstadt", after Karl Marx, during and after the Russian Revolution, or just "Marks" today. Nearby "Marx" was another settlement, "Kosakenstadt", now called "Engels", after German Marxist philosopher Friedrich Engels. While my ancestors spoke German, because they had been isolated from the rest of Germany in Russia for 100 years, they spoke an antiquated or old dialect of German that may have caused communication issues or barriers between them and other German speakers from the Baltic area (Baltic Germans), as well as Germans from Germany. However, one common language spoken between different German immigrant communities in the United States was English. So, rather than speaking an archaic form of German, mixed with Russian, Volga Germans eventually adopted English as their primary language. (Amish and Mennonites speak another archaic dialect.)
@cneff3494
3 ай бұрын
I'm Volga Deutsch on my Mom's side. They came from Reinwald (which is now known as Staritsa), which was one of the (Lutheran) Mother Colonies. They came to the US around 1900 as a group of families from Reinwald. Family names include Markgraf, Miller (Müller), and Schaefer (Schäfer).
@dianekelly1706
Ай бұрын
58 year old American here. My Grandfather Hardman's parents were german. They had a farm in the state of Kansas where my grandfather grew up. He moved to the state of Michigan in the 30s to find work in the car factories. There is a town called Frankenmuth in Michigan that probably started as a small German farm community ity but is now a tourist town focusing on the "Germaness" of it's roots.
@lauracarlo1262
4 ай бұрын
My grandparents came to the USA via Ellis island in 1919. They felt that they should only talk English, this is why I never hear it or learned to speak German.
@sherryjoiner396
4 ай бұрын
My great great grandparents were the same. Only allowed English to be spoken in their home.
@bridgettstephens5582
4 ай бұрын
Same here. My German ancestors were so proud to become American citizens that they wouldn't permit their children to learn the German language.
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
I can see they didn’t brush you up on your grammar skills tho 🙃
@davidmesser5813
4 ай бұрын
I am a German American. I live in Central Missouri in the area called the Missouri Dutch. Forty miles north and forty miles south of the Missouri River is German territory. From St Louis to 60 miles east of Kansas City is the German territory. Sixty percent of the population in that area is German. Before WWI German was spoken openly in this area. There was 70 German language newspapers here as well. With America's entry into the war there was Germans against the war. We also had a group called the KKK that made their hatred of Germans known. Houses, farms, churches, newspapers, and schools were burned. Germans got the message. Very few people speak German today. My grandfather saw a cross burned in a yard of a German home. That's the way it was. My mother's family have been here since 1844. My father's family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, from Germany in 1871. There you have it. I enjoy your programs. Take care. David Messer
@johncoons6708
3 ай бұрын
My family is from this area. Lots of German ancestry
@ErichM.L.
3 ай бұрын
My family is from St. Louis, Illinois, and Wisconsin
@krisschobelock4973
4 ай бұрын
I live in Ohio - and yes large German ancestry - we all eat Pork and Sauerkraut on New Year's Day (brings good luck) - and love spaetzel and schnitzel! We have a small area in Columbus, Ohio called German Village! German settlers built homes in a section and it's there to this day and continues to be a really neat place to live - still has the brick streets and narrow streets!! There's a very popular German restaurant called Schmidt's Sausage Haus Restaurant and serves authentic German food!! It's wonderful!! Have the best cream puffs you can find!! It's on Kossuth Street! They serve wiener schnitzel, Bavarian Cabbage Rolls, Bratwurst, Haus Sauerbraten, house made spatzle -- just really good food!!
@pamelab7235
4 ай бұрын
I love that restaurant!
@Vehl
2 ай бұрын
Im a German American myself. My great grandparents immigrated here in the late 1800s. My wife is German-South American, her German ancestors immigrating to South America after WW2.
@Jellybean0009
4 ай бұрын
I am mixed Indigenous/Mexican/German. My grandpa came over during WW1 to Wisconsin and joined the US Army. He met my grandma in Texas😊 I always joke the only immigrant in my family came from Germany.
@beasley1232
4 ай бұрын
Not unless your Mexican side as Spaniard or some European ancestry. Southern Mexico is more indigenous, northern Mexico is mostly white/European descendants. This has ofc led to enormous political divide between Mexicos south and Mexicos north. Today, only 25 million Mexicans are white out of 140 million Mexicans or 17% of Mexicos entire population. Mexicos white population has historically ruled the government leading to massive and bloody wars and revolutions throughout Mexican history as Mexicos native population proved extremely hostile to white Mexicans.
@barbott5941
4 ай бұрын
Myself and my ancestors from the 1840’s until now came from Germany. I live in Wisconsin, and there are so many people with German ancestors that you will find Oktoberfest and other German festivals here. My grandparents still spoke German, even though they were born in Wisconsin, and several generations had lived in Wisconsin.
@SophiaK-vu2mw
4 ай бұрын
Very similar for me. 5th generation Wisconsin. My grandfather’s baptism certificate was in German and that was early 20th century.
@richardmajuk6272
4 ай бұрын
There is a Germantown, Maryland as well.
2 ай бұрын
My grandmother immigrated from Germany and wanted to keep her heritage alive through her offspring. Even in the very French areas of Louisiana, there is an area we call the German coast and there is a town called Des Allemans.
@suzkstein
Ай бұрын
I love this channel! As a person who is studying the German language I find ALL things German fascinating. Please keep these type of videos going. I love Feli as well.
@BBaker916
4 ай бұрын
I was born and raised in Northern California as a fifth generation of German pioneers. Californians were called as they didn’t settle in the middle, they kept going until they reached the left coast. Some of my family helped forge the way through the “Oregon trail”.
@Anon54387
4 ай бұрын
There is a Humboldt County in NorCal, named after Alexander von Humboldt.
@susanverhoeven4962
Ай бұрын
As an American Civil War buff, I can tell you that more Germans fought on the side of the Union than any other ethnic group. About 200,000 German-born soldiers (about 10% of all soldiers) fought against the Southern Confederates along with about 250,000 first generation German-Americans (over another 13%). German American soldiers from the Upper Midwest made up the majority of men who helped General Grant capture Vicksburg, MS. I am proud to have two 3X great-grand-uncles who were in that battle, both born in Germany. German Americans also fought as General Sherman marched toward Atlanta, GA, and the sea. Another of my German-born 3X great-grand-uncles, Werner Deutermann, was captured by the Confederates and died at the infamous Andersonville Prison in Georgia. God bless him. Of course, a good many German-Americans who lived in the South fought for the Confederacy, but the majority of men with German ties fought for the Union in the North.
@StarshipTrooper32
Ай бұрын
This is true.....here in the Texas Hill Country, where lots of Germans settled, a lot of them were in trouble for not supporting the Confederacy.
@treehugger3615
Ай бұрын
You end up fighting for the team you found yourself in. There is really not much choice, you get rounded up, given a rifle and told to march. When you think about it, this is true always.
@schlc77
Ай бұрын
Very true, my great, great, great grandfather, on my grandmother through my dad side of the family, was in the Wisconsin 6th Infantry division during the Civil War. He was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. I myself am a 4th generation german-american through my grandfather on my dad's side of the family.
@robinbirdj743
Ай бұрын
Did Feli really say “ Sur-vee” instead of the correct “ SUR- veh.”?! I also heard a little BALL-tee- more.” I’m in shock; her pronunciation is usually so so good.
@ricky-6657believe
4 ай бұрын
The #1 thing to say in America when someone sneezes is Gesundheit.
@atroposz
4 ай бұрын
I sneezed on a train in Germany & a (German) woman said gesundheit. It made me laugh because I momentarily forgot that it's a real word & it just sounded so surreal with the German pronunciation (I had the same reaction in Czech Republic when people would say "Ok" in the middle of speaking rapid Czech. It's just weird to suddenly understand one random word.)
@ricky-6657believe
4 ай бұрын
I know that gesund is the German word for health. So to your health I guess.
@stanleymyrick4068
4 ай бұрын
'Bless you', by a country mile, is more common.
@MW_Asura
4 ай бұрын
You severely overestimate that
@Evry1sStillLostButMe
16 күн бұрын
As an American who lived in Bad Hersfeld for 3 years, it was shocking to see how much I recognized in German architecture, foods and even language after living in both Michigan and Texas and experiencing the rather large German communities in both States. Heck my last name is German with my family’s ancestors settling in America in the Mid 1800s in Nebraska. America is truly a smorgasbord of European heritage and we are quite proud of our duel origins.
@romaschild3
4 ай бұрын
Lawrence Welk, a big band orchestra leader, was born in 1903 in a German speaking town, Strasberg, North Dakota, USA.,. Lawrence Welk spoke with an accent his entire life. Watch a video of The Lawrence Welk show.
@sherryjoiner396
4 ай бұрын
Wow, I always assumed he was from Germany.
@Px828
4 ай бұрын
Wow! I never knew where his accent was from. Thanks!
@kaythegardener
3 ай бұрын
Welk was of German from Russia descent... many very musical folk!!
@cryptoexperiencesbysaintje1847
4 ай бұрын
Yup, I'm German, Austrian, Irish, Cherokee. Welcome to America
@Gloren50
4 ай бұрын
My German family (Great-Grandparents and Grandfather), immigrated to the U.S. in 1888. They were originally from a small village on the Rhein in the Alsace, when it was still German (directly across the Rhein from Rastatt). They spoke what I think was more Badisch than Alsatian, based on the way my mother and her siblings spoke. I do speak fluent German, but that's only because I decided to study Germanistik (bzw. Medievistik), and I've spent a lot of time in Germany over the last 40 years. My Great-Grandparents and their son, my Grandfather, settled in the Dakota Territory, before the states North and South Dakota were founded. In 1904, my Great-Grandparents were given a 'homestead' (direct translation: Heimstatt), which was a plot of land for farming, in the state of North Dakota. A town was founded near by, populated by primarily German immigrants, mostly from Russia and Ukraine, but also from Germany itself and it was called Werner. I grew up there in N. Dakota in a very small farming village of about 300 people, but then also a few years in a small city, Bismarck, (Yes, named after Otto von Bismarck), which became the state capital. I live in Portland, Oregon on the West Coast, where Daimler and Adidas have their North American Headquarters. I live right next to the Adidas Campus. Portland is also the location of the Goethe Institut subsidized 'Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik'. In the U.S. there are two other 'deutsche Sommerschulen', one in Taos, New Mexico and one near Providence, Rhode Island. There is also in Portland a Deutsch-Amerikanischer Verein with a German Language School (a good friend of mine is the 'Leiter' of the school). The original German settlers in this area also gathered themselves in a 'Germantown', but the only thing left of that is 'Germantown Road'). Felicia is great, isn't she? I always watch her videos. Sometimes she doesn't get things quite right. For example, technically she's right that there was no formal move to choose between German and English as a national language, but those were the two commonly spoken languages, and in 1776, it wasn't yet clear that English would become the dominant language. There were discussions, however, in the Continental Congress as to whether there should be an official language of State, English or German, and it was decided no, there shouldn't be any official language. There's still no official, national language for the U.S. Unofficially, it's American English, but the government bureaucracies publish important information in many languages. And then sometimes Felicia has a very 'Cincinnati-centric' view of the US and American culture, which is pretty amusing. There are a few things about Southwestern Ohio that are somewhat unique to the area, but that she assumes are 'American', generally. I think that's charming, because she's only been here a few years. She'll figure it all out eventually, especially if she travels more to different regions of the country.
@dwork9451
2 ай бұрын
I'm a German American Lutheran. My ancestry survived and escaped the peasants war in Germany, and moved to U.S. Six-generation farm.
@RedRuffinsore
4 ай бұрын
I live next to a town called New Braunfels, Texas. It was very common to hear German spoken all the time there into the 1970s and 80s. It is becoming less and less prevalent since then. But even today, churches have two services - English and German. This part of Texas was setled by Germans in the 1830s and 1840s. Many of my parent's friends didn't learn to speak English until they went to school.
@OkiePeg411
4 ай бұрын
Look at the road names in Cypress, Texas, and Tomball, Texas. You will see a lot of them are German names.
@hmmmm636
4 ай бұрын
I'm in San marcos, but alot of people here are of German descent.
@ccbarr58
4 ай бұрын
Little Rocks bishop speaks English, Spanish, and German.
@RedRuffinsore
4 ай бұрын
@@OkiePeg411 Huffmeister, Theiss - went to school with a lot of them (Spring High School).
@ScentlessSun
2 ай бұрын
I visited there about 8 years and floated down a beautiful spring fed river. It was very relaxing. Beautiful place.
@xv6701
4 ай бұрын
I’m in Missouri, USA and there is a town near me called Herrman. There are as many German flags as there are US flags. There is even an old German farm where you can still get traditional beer (only grain, hops, yeast and water) and wine brewed on site. I love it. There are a few breakfast restaurants that serve a ‘traditional farmer’s breakfast’. Oh, I’m 2/3rd Ashkenazic German by ancestry.
@johnbedinghaus2390
2 ай бұрын
I am American and live in Texas. Both my parents' ancestors were immigrants from Germany. It was always a source of great personal pride for me.
@rickprime83
2 ай бұрын
German immigrants introduced the accordion to Mexicans in Texas and Northern Mexico and is the most popular instrument for Mexican musicians, even more than the guitar. We recognized your ancestors for being an important part in my cultural arts. Even Pepe Aguilar, who was the first Mexican artist to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live, has said multiple times that German immigrants changed how traditional Mexican music evolved to what is now.
@justinkase1360
2 ай бұрын
@@rickprime83 Seriously? That is pretty interesting, as an American with German heritage that lives in Tejas.
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