Okay, East German.
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I hope so (my great-grandparents were German) otherwise I wouldn't be allowed to post in this thread. And that would make me sad.
srsly, I am very proud of my German heritage and I absolutely love Germany itself (and not just because of the Oktoberfest, although that was a part of it!
). Am definitely planning on a return trip. 
Maybe this is because we Germans tend to be somewhat bad at small talk and only say something when it's really relevant...
Wow, I must be even more German than I thought! I hate small talk and have absolutely no tolerance for it whatsoever. In fact I consider it a career goal to make it through a day at work without saying a single word...
I do this quite often - I'm alone at the office for the most part, and I absolutely LOVE it when I don't have to say a word all morning. (I work in IT support but we're "e-mails only", so, no phone calls whatsoever.) This is why I volunteered for the early morning shift - no other people around. My co-worker shows up when I'm almost done with my shift, but it's usually a brief "good morning" and then nothing except "bye" when I leave about 15 minutes later. It's an introvert's dream come true.
Of course there are always exceptions, there ARE chatty Germans, but I for one find them a bit suspicious - especially the ones who sit down next to you on the bus or the tram and then try to start a conversation.
Fortunately, this sort of thing does not happen too often because, as I said, small talk is not really something we do a lot.
^depends on the German state, I'd say. In Bavaria (at least in my area), people like to chat and the 'handy-zombies' (people who keep staring at their cell) are considered rather a nuissance.
I have no prob at all with non-Germans posting here. The more, the merrier!
A bit off-topic but I just discovered the coolest German web shop you can imagine (don't worry, the website is in English as well as in many other languages). It's totally geeky and for example offers a lot of mathematical games or binary clocks but also pretty unusual tee-shirts and other stuff. My particular favourite is the grapefruit-sized plush Pluto which you can order depending on your views as Planet Pluto or Dwarf Planet Pluto (it's always the same product). Qapla for Planet #9 and may Fek'lhr eat the IAU's hearts!
I think in December a huge chunk of my Christmas gratification will end up at that site...
I have no prob at all with non-Germans posting here. The more, the merrier!
A bit off-topic but I just discovered the coolest German web shop you can imagine (don't worry, the website is in English as well as in many other languages). It's totally geeky and for example offers a lot of mathematical games or binary clocks but also pretty unusual tee-shirts and other stuff. My particular favourite is the grapefruit-sized plush Pluto which you can order depending on your views as Planet Pluto or Dwarf Planet Pluto (it's always the same product). Qapla for Planet #9 and may Fek'lhr eat the IAU's hearts!
I think in December a huge chunk of my Christmas gratification will end up at that site...
Aaaah don't show me cute plushies - I'll buy them all! That Pluto is ADORABLE! I want it!
Yeah the south is a bit different than the north when it comes to chatting. I also noticed that people in Cologne seem to LOOOOVE to chat. Or maybe I just ran into all the chatty folks there.
Yeah the south is a bit different than the north when it comes to chatting. I also noticed that people in Cologne seem to LOOOOVE to chat. Or maybe I just ran into all the chatty folks there.
Hello there!
Passau (Bayern), aber ich pendle immer mal wieder zwischen Passau und Darmstadt hin und her. Dementsprechend war der Sturm neulich natürlich auch bei mir ein Thema
Passau (Bayern), aber ich pendle immer mal wieder zwischen Passau und Darmstadt hin und her. Dementsprechend war der Sturm neulich natürlich auch bei mir ein Thema
Not German but I live quite close to Germany so when I was young, it was all ZDF Ferienprogram, (with Captain Future!) Die sendung met der mous Lowenzahn, Raumpatrouille Orion etc, later on the German dub of Bud Spencer & Terence Hill and lately I've come to like Bares Fur Rares.
I also like German metal, Null Positiv, Rammstein and Aeverium, I have met the singer of Aeverium a few years ago, a really nice guy.
I also like German metal, Null Positiv, Rammstein and Aeverium, I have met the singer of Aeverium a few years ago, a really nice guy.
Welcome everyone with German ancestry.
We may include Litverse character Kat Mueller from Star Trek - New Frontier.
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We may include Litverse character Kat Mueller from Star Trek - New Frontier.
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My mother’s family came from Germany somewhere around 1800. My late uncle researched our family background and ended up somewhere around Bielefeld.
I’m not sure I’m allowed in here. According to the DNA kit I had done, my Dad and/or Grandpa failed to pass on their German traits to me.
Grandpa is supposed to have a lot of German blood in him...
I suspect a bunch of his ancestors who were born in Germany actually were born to folks born outside of Germany...like Belgium...
I’m so getting my brother one of these DNA kits next Christmas
Grandpa is supposed to have a lot of German blood in him...
I suspect a bunch of his ancestors who were born in Germany actually were born to folks born outside of Germany...like Belgium...
I’m so getting my brother one of these DNA kits next Christmas
Sorry, Kilana2, but I had to convert the hotlinked image to a link.
My grandmother was from Germany.
She was one tough lady.
She had 15 kids!
She was one tough lady.
She had 15 kids!
Indeed, welcome everyone.
Isn't Detmer from Discovery also supposed to be German? I think I read something like that somewhere.
for those lurkers who can't read German: garakvsneelix hails from Passau in Bavaria [hey, that's practically next door from me!] but commutes between Passau and Darmstadt, hence the storm the other day concerned him [I presume. Or her??] quite a bitHello there!
Passau (Bayern), aber ich pendle immer mal wieder zwischen Passau und Darmstadt hin und her. Dementsprechend war der Sturm neulich natürlich auch bei mir ein Thema
Welcome to the board @garakvsneelix ! Which part of Passau? I used to live in Auerbach for 13 years before I moved to DEG
- it's a small world, indeed!@Finn don't waste your money on those DNA-kits - they are as precise as if you'd throw dice to find out your ancestry. Just another trick to separate people from their hard earned money. If you happen to know the names and approximate birthdates of your grandfather's parents, you can access German church records to see if they are listed. Most districts have them digitalized and online. If you need help, please feel free to contact me.
I visited Darmstadt years ago, such beautiful Jugendstil architecture.
Anyway, it snowed and the trains stopped running?
I'm sad now, another great myth shot to hell.
I thought everything in Germany was supposed to be like so smooth running and never a failure? Perfect. Not a cluster guck
Like in the US.
And over stating the storm.
That's an American thing!
I'm sad now, another great myth shot to hell.
I thought everything in Germany was supposed to be like so smooth running and never a failure? Perfect. Not a cluster guck
Like in the US.
And over stating the storm.
That's an American thing!
The DNA test really nailed it concerning my another grandparents’ families, down to random villages and islands. Not to mention it matched the ones some of my relatives did. There was no way they’d have known I was related to these individuals.
One needs to understand the exam only compares your DNA to other people, not where your ancestors lived.
Germany oddly was missing except along the border with Belgium, Netherlands and France. It may simply mean I didn’t get to inherit any German DNA from my grandfather. He may have been more of a mutt, meaning less German traits to pass on. Maybe both.
It also may mean none of my paternal grandfather’s ancestors has any descendants still living in Germany.
I could write an entire essay on how horrible our Deutsche Bahn is with its trains, but let's just say that the stereotype/myth of "everything is on time and runs smoothly and is extremely efficient" is indeed a complete myth when it comes to our trains. The shortest summary is this: During summer the air conditioning breaks and people collapse inside overheated trains, in winter the railway switches freeze (some of them are leftovers from the German Empire... I wish I was kidding, but I'm not) and nothing moves.
It's all a result of decades of bad management decisions - such as getting rid of tracks that are desperately needed now because there are more trains than ever and there's simply not enough space for all of them, not wishing to spend money on anything because the basic rule is that if they let things deteriorate enough, the German state has to pay for repairs, but if the Deutsche Bahn repairs stuff BEFORE it's completely broken THEY have to pay for it so for them it's more economically sound to just wait for things to break completely, etc etc etc.
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