I am confused if I am German if I had a relative with a surname of German origin. I looked it up, and it said that it was German everywhere. the name is Wentzel.
2007-01-14 08:43:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only if the relative is a father or mother. Wentzel is indeed German. There are actually more German-Americans than English-Americans.
2007-01-14 08:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The surname is first recorded interior the latter a million/2 of the thirteenth Century (see under) and is often chanced on as Mott, Motte, Mote and Mothe. Hugo Mott is observed interior the pollTax Returns of Yorkshire (1379). Recordings of the surname from London Church Registers incorporate: the marriage of Richard Moth and Betteris returned on January twenty fifth 1562 at St. Peter's, Cornhill; the marriage of Arnold Moth and Maude Wilding on June twelfth 1564 at St. Lawrence Pountney; and the christening of Robert, son of Rychard Moth, on February 4th 1569 at St. Nicholas', Cole Abbey. the 1st recorded spelling of the family members call is shown to be that of William Moth, which exchange into dated 1273, interior the "Hundred Rolls of Norfolk", in the process the reign of King Edward a million, primary as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames grew to become needed while governments presented very own taxation.
2016-10-19 23:36:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be German, or another scenario could be that an ancestor who was not German could have been adopted into the Wentzel family. A great-grandfather or a great-great-grandfather? But if you have direct and traceable lineage to the Fatherland, then you be most likely German.
2007-01-14 08:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO your not german for christ sake. being born in germany , scotland , france etc. doesnt make you german/scottish or french.
having german/scottish or french parents also doesnt mean you are german/french or scottish.
you would be german if you grew up in its culture and assimilated its history, culture , people, education system , law , beliefs , philosaphy etc. thats what makes you what you are.
do you think you coud go over to germany and hug all your german brothers and sisters and they would accept you as german as the next man NO.
if you are american be american and get over it.
2007-01-14 08:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look, where were you born?????
Where you born in Germany, NO, then you are NOT German!
You are of German descent, but you ARE NOT GERMAN!
2007-01-14 08:48:54 · answer #5 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely, most names are derived from the job or culture they lived and worked in. you are probably distantly german, and had ancestors that were german.
2007-01-14 08:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by =] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you're only German if your parents were German.
2007-01-14 08:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by lady of the piano 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Deal with it!
2007-01-14 08:48:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong section bud
2007-01-14 09:08:53 · answer #9 · answered by bballer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you are not.
2007-01-14 08:48:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋