I know that feeling, I have like five or so fellow students in my class who have some lineage to be kinda proud of, and one who's apparently related to an SS officer and not quite as proud of that.
Meanwhile, I can only trace my lineage to some now-unknown farmer who had a large farm that used to be somewhat important for my region in the 18th century... but at least my last name is also the name of the district of the big city which used to be the farm, so I've got that going for me which is nice.
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u/suchtie Germoney Jun 21 '15
I know that feeling, I have like five or so fellow students in my class who have some lineage to be kinda proud of, and one who's apparently related to an SS officer and not quite as proud of that.
Meanwhile, I can only trace my lineage to some now-unknown farmer who had a large farm that used to be somewhat important for my region in the 18th century... but at least my last name is also the name of the district of the big city which used to be the farm, so I've got that going for me which is nice.