[CaptainMattJ.]

Funny, i could imagine my veteran great uncle saying something along the lines of "...and if it wasn't for us, we'd all be speaking german by now!"

I'm a direct descendent of a Müller, which was a rather large family living in Herolz, right next to the town of Schlüchtern, Hesse. My great grandmother on my father's side immigrated from the fatherland to here in 1898, while my grandfather was born from an Irishman. My mother's mother was greek and my mother's father was a long descended brit. My dad still tells me stories of "Grandma Müller" and his trips to Herolz. Apparently that side of the family is related in some way to the majority of people living in Herolz.

Personally i think its sad that German culture isnt as pronounced here as latin, french, irish, and italian culture is. Though my grandmother has plastered her walls with pictures of the many past Müllers and of Herolz, and hangs a sign in her kitchen reading "Rauchen Verbotten" (smoking forbidden).