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My grandmother came from Germany in 1915. Her name was Blondina.

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Originally Posted by JScones

Wrong myths are that Jerry comes from "Jerrycan" (the Wehrmachtskanister didn't exist until the late-1930s) or from "Tom and Jerry", which didn't exist until 1940 (although a pre-cat and mouse team existed from 1930+) - remembering of course that the Brit soldiers had been known as Tommies since about the 1800s (again, depending on which myth you follow).

I had actually read that during the African campaigns the fuel cans the Brits were supplied with were horrible leaking affairs and they liberated the Germans of thier 'Jerrycans' whenever possible. So the myth you speak of is actually a reverse of the truth :)

I am however surprised that you all left out Klaus and Olga..

Klaus is male, I was talking about girls only :D , and olga is russian, as far as i know, and no classic krautgirl name. Never met a german Fraulein named that way :huh:

My mother is from Germany and her name is Helga...

Everyone laughs when they hear this because it's just too token to be true