Most Americans are Germans

Who knew?

 

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.

 

I'm pretty sure Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Valerius Carausius disagrees.

 

I would have guessed english and french! Really interesting. Is there one like this for Canada?

 

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.