My maternal grandmother was German (Switzer).
There is a section of our county in SC
named for her family.
J J

my great grandparents were born in germany and fled to russia, and then to the usa. grandfather was born in russia.
step grandmother never learned to speak english.
my maiden name was schiermeister

My mothers family lives in Ostheim vor der Rhon, my brother is in Hamburg and I was born in Bad Kissingen. Came to US in 1960 with my mom and army dad.

Hi, German thru and thru. Granparents names, Strauss, Shuler, Kiser. Welcome to the board!

My great grandparents came over from Germany, Meinke,Wienhoff

I've got German blood and I know how to eat Bratwurst! :thumbup:

That's funny because I go to the butcher shop when I visit. My sister took me to a new butcher in a small village and the smell of the smoked meat is impossible to describe. They gave me a weird look - apparently I had my nose way up in the air. My sister said:"never mind her - she's visiting from America." Strangely, the employees understood. Aparently that happens a lot. lol

oh hearing all of u speak german or remembering things from home, I know is not all forgotten, makes me a bit homesick

Omg..lololololol

My Grandparents were all Germans from Russia. My husbands father and mother were both Germans from Russia. Some of the names are Unruh, Maas, Kuch, & Shulz. Many, many good stories to tell and many memories.

I am from Pforzhiem. Last name Lang.

Yeah, so did I! :-D Is there an answer to this, by the way?

(No German in me.)

My husband's grandparents came to Australia from Germany (Retschlag).We are going over in October and are staying in Hamburg.

I'm all German both sides of the family Great grandparents came here My maiden name is Wurzinger

Ha, I'm German and we're grilling Bratwurst this afternoon

:D

I came over here in 1980, spent a couple of years in Killeen and Temple. Moved to CA, back to Germany and now have been in Mississippi for 13 years. I'm from Stuttgart originally.

My great grandparents were born in Germany??? :thumbup:

i am from aschaffenburg

hi IngeMK grill some for me too

German and Dutch may not the same thing, but close enough for me. I love to hear the Dutch ladies talking about sewing and quilting in our shop!

On a few occasions, we’ve had Dutch ladies in one conversation, and Spanish ladies in another conversation, both going on at the same time in our little shop. What a hoot! It reminds me of walking through the airport and hearing all of the different languages being spoken. I think it’s neat.

CD in Oklahoma

Ahh a spaetzle :)me too,,,I am from a small town close to Ulm.

Ok, das IST es, dann. Da komme ich gleich - moechte mal gute Broetchen finden! Und Zwetschgenkuchen, so wie man es in Heidelberg macht. Yum! Du haettest mir garnicht sagen sollen! <G>

My Dad was from Altona, Germany Name Stumpe he and his family came to the US thru Canada
My DSIL is from Wolfenbuttel Germany,
Beautiful Country

German is probably the only thing that is not in my ancestry.Of course there may be. I know for sure my Grandmother was Dutch as her parents came here from Holland. My grandfathers family has been over here for so long there is Lenape in the family way back when. French for sure since they were Huguenots that fled. The Coryell family has been here since before the Revolution.
My step great grandmother was German but thats all I know I don't know how far back or her maiden name.
My ex husband's family was German and Polish. His last name was Fuhrmann.
But we had a German Bakery in FL and I loved,loved going there to shop. :-)

My husband is half German, His Paternal Grandparents both were children when they came over around 1895. My understanding is their ancestors lived near the Alsace region and migrated to near Odessa Russia because of free farm land that was offered. The name is Gabriel, not sure how it started out and the other side was Martin and I know that was altered some.

My two granddaughters were born in Germany, and just moved to Indiana from Killeen, Does that count? :lol: :lol:

Most of my ancestors were from Germany. Goeden, Naber,Thummel. My BIL came from Germany as a teen - Kuster.

Guten Abend alle miteinander.
I came to the United States in 1965 from Hamburg, Germany and live in Ohio ever since. I would love to learn the terminology of quilting in German.

I have a hard time saying it, but no trouble at all eating it. I, too have German blood. I thought everyone did.

My family paternal and maternal are from Germany, Mecklenburg area; Fleckenstein & Kucks.

my paternal great great greats came from Hessa Cassel name was Pfaffenbach

My Grandad's grandparents were German. I also have English, Irish, & Cherokee in my bloodline. My MIL's maiden name was Van so there is more German on my DH's side than mine. He also has some Scottish, English, & an unknown American Indian. We're Hines 57.

My drling grd daughter is engaged to a very fine fella from Germany. He was brought up in Berlin, behind the wall...... very interesting young man, and we are so happy for both of them. He is here now on a 5 year work program, and works for a German Company here in Michigan....He is an engineer., and very quickly speaks good English. she must soon start to study the German language, they are going to Germany in December for the holidays.

I am full blood Dutch, and can understand much of what he says in his German language.....

My son in law (Reutzel)is part German. My daughter calls her 3 sons and her husband her German boys. My brother served in the army in Germany. I studied German in college a half a century ago, still remember a bit: eins, drie... zimmer, oh well, not even enough to say a bit! But it was fun reading all this...

Gutentag. we were in Germany for 3 years with the army in Hanue outside of Franfurt. We very much enjoyed. We came home with 2 things we really wanted- a Lichten Bogen and a baby on the way- thank God for the German doctors

My dad came from Kiel ...last name Ewald

I'm not a German but got to live in Germany a couple of times when I was young. LOVED it!! I still enjoy German food when I can find a place that serves real German food. My family and I still speak German to eachother when we are together.

My Dad was full German and my Mom is half german so I'm pretty much German. My Moms other set of grandparents were from Noway.

In 25 Tagen lande ich in Frankfurt. Ich esse fuer Euch mit. KEIN hamburger. Meine Jeans hab ich schon rausgelassen, damit ich mir den Bauch mit Broetchen, Torten, Bienenstich, Kaesesahne, Wurst vollschlagen kann.
BTW in Colorado Springs gibt es einen deutschen Baecker mit prima Broetchen, alles andere ist teuer.
USA Buerger seit Jan 1967. Deutsch rede ich jeden Tag per Skype.

hi writerwoman when I meet my husband he was station in Hanau Fliegerhorst

hi writerwoman when I meet my husband he was station in Hanau Fliegerhorst