Yeah, it's weird since the Spanish Empire comprised a large part of both Americas. I guess it's because most Spanish Americans consider themselves Latinos.
"Biggest European ancestral group" doesn't mean most. Also, most of the colonists were English, but after 300-400 years, most of their descendants have lost track of their ancestry and just think of themselves as Americans. Look at the most common American last names (Smith, Jones, Brown, Johnson, Williams, Wilson) They are all English names. Americans of English descent are definitely undercounted.
You're mostly correct. I was making a provocative title to get attention But most American last names are English because the British Empire was the last one to rule most of the territory.
Most Europeans are also German; The Suebi (Portugal), Visigoths (Spain), Franks (France), Angles and Saxons (England), Lombards (Italy), Batavians (Dutch), Flemish (Belgian). Even Russians could be considered German because of their Viking ancestry. Eisenhower was a first generation German-American.
It's as if the Germans won World War II! My last name is German, my mother's maiden name is German, and both my grandmother's maiden names are German. I live in Wisconsin. I have a cousin who went to a German immersion school here. We love our beer, cheese, sausage (including bratwurst), sauerkraut, German potato salad, German chocolate cake, polka
You mean the one in Munich? I went there when I was 17 and it was the best vacation I've ever been on.