German Ancestry in U.S. Ranks Close to Hispanic Numbers
The United States, first populated by Native Americans, rediscovered by Europeans and colonized under the flags of the Spanish, English and French, is now filled with Germans.More than half of the nation's 3,143 counties contain a plurality of people who describe themselves as German-American, according to a Bloomberg compilation of data from the Census Bureau's 2010 American Community Survey.
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Yes, and all of those "Germans" speak English. We don't have to push "3" if you want the message in German.
Well said-my great-grandmother spoke no English, gave birth unaided on Illinois farm in 1857.
65% of Americans claim One German ancestor. That is a lot of Germans.
My man's grand parents came on a ship from Germany to New Jersy, U.S.A in ca 1877. Had children, but the baby was ill and the Captain wanted to throw it over board so it would not spread a decease on board ship. But mother cried and wanted to be thrown over board with her baby. They came to aggrement that mom and baby would finish the voyage riding with the cow's and other stock. When they reached U.S.A. baby was fine.
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