I'm a white American who's ancestors immigrated primarily from Germany/Prussia in the early 19th century. I often wonder what it would be like to live in Germany today.
2006-09-27 11:23:54 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I am an American with native American, German, Irish, and God only knows what else. I would have to make too many trips to cover them all.
2006-09-27 11:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mike N 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No ,not at all my ancestors came here in 1702 from Germany.Ive been back to visit it but Id NEVER want to live there.I love the freedom of the country of my birth and that's the USA.........
To the poster above,your ancestors were not indigenous to this country,they immigrated here from another Continent across the Bering Strait,so you would have to go back to Asia or Africa.read the real history of the so called native American.
Contrary to the opinion of the uninformed named Janet German's are not Nazis your racists remark is understood tho ...you need to get a real education next time around
2006-09-27 11:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I go back to my parent's original country(Japan) quite a bit. I do like it alot, but it is very different from the U.S, and not always in a positive way. While it is usually very safe for young kids, I can think about my daughter (when she gets older) living there. There is a very high occurence of rape, and many older men like high school girls. Did you know 6% of Japanese high school girls have had sex for money so they can buy designer clothes and accessories?
High school girls' underwear can be bought in vending machines.
Additionally, if a man and woman get divorced, many times he feels no compulsion to his children.
Things are expensive, and it is a collectivist society, not like the U.S where we embrace everyone's traits.
That said, it's a nice place, but the U.S is my home. You may find once you visit Germany for an extended period, that it is not all you thought. Or, you may find it favorable. But, don't make it up to be a perfect land, or you will most assuredly be let down.
2006-09-28 11:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, like somebody else said, I can't go back to some place I've never been. And I'd be rather busy trying to see all the places my ancestors came from, which does include the US. It would be nice to visit Scotland or Ireland some day, though. I don't think I want to visit England at this point in time.
2006-09-27 11:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by DJ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am 3/4 Norwegian. I have no connection to Norway because I was born here and that severs the connection. I have no interest in Norwegian culture, etc. I do not understand people who feel an intense connection with a country they may have visited but only contained their ancestors. I really don't get it.
2006-09-27 16:29:17 · answer #5 · answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my ancestory is irish, and to be honest I do think about wanting to go back to ireland. Ive never been there, and ive always wondered what ireland would be like today. From what I do know the country does have beautiful scenery, and a rich history. I do desire at times to go back to my ancestral country and live there where my ancestors came from. Part of me has always wanted to, thing is I didnt know this until after you asked this question. I guess its just something I never admitted openly to anyone. I might someday decide to go to ireland, and learn my familes history.
Oh and you wonder about life germany? If you really want to know then go there, it wont hurt you to learn your familes history will it?
2006-09-27 12:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a pure blooded Heinz 57 Californian, with ancestors from Germany, France and Scotland. I don't want to even visit those countries when I haven't even been to Colorado or Maine!!!!
2006-09-28 09:05:56 · answer #7 · answered by ravin_lunatic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to go to quite a few places my recent ancestors came from; if I could only pick a few, I'd pick Israel (I think I'll wait a while), Italy and then Ireland. I'd also really like to see Iceland, because my parents were stationed there before I was born, and if they had waited another month I would have been born there and had dual citizenship -- American and Icelandic -- so it feels a little more like a second home to me than even places my great grandparents were from.
2006-09-27 11:32:33 · answer #8 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I really don't consider myself anything but American. My family can be traced back to the Mayflower and there is Native American in my family. In grade school, I was forced to do a project on my family's roots. Since then, I've never identified myself as being anything but American.
2006-09-27 14:17:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While researching the family tree, I have found the Farm my great-grandad left when the family came to the USA in 1895. Still retains the name. I thought that if I had a few extra million I could go buy it and use it for a summer home.
2006-09-27 11:26:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would think it would be natural to miss your home country. There are good things about Germany and good things here. Even when Moses was leading the slaves out of Egypt the slaves would miss things about being in Egypt.
Even US citizens who have German roots but have never set a foot there go back to visit. Some call themselves Germans even though they are US citizans and not German Citizans
2006-09-27 11:30:11 · answer #11 · answered by Parrot Bay 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋