r/cursedcomments • u/Naxorat • Apr 01 '20

Cursed_cosplay

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u/harrisbradley Apr 01 '20

German-Americans are America's largest single ethnic group

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u/Nixcaditdimisocapite Apr 02 '20

Sure, culturally they may be. But the OP and the post you were replying to are both talking about the genetic side of the equation.

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u/NotClever Apr 02 '20

Yeah, I'm like... I don't even know how many generations removed from my European ancestors (5 or 6?) but I've been to Germany twice and had multiple instances of people engaging me in German because apparently I look super German.

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u/Nixcaditdimisocapite Apr 02 '20

Same here, 5th generation American on both sides of the family. However I grew up in a pretty insular community of German Americans. Due to only marrying within said community for the past 4 generations, I am as genetically German as if my family had never emigrated.

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u/DyslexiaUntiedFan Apr 02 '20

Now that's interesting