Since my post of 2 years ago I have found that I too am far, far less German than I was told. I originally thought I was three quarter German. But I'm more than half UK, with a smidge of Dane. The rest is a mix of Dutch, German and Belgian. And......I found out I have a first cousin I was never aware of. Out of the blue this lady contacted me and said the Ancestry DNA showed us as cousins. And she looked like my mother's twin. Her mother had gotten pregnant in high school in the mid '50's, given birth to her and refused to ever talk about it. All my siblings and I could figure out was that it was my mother's ne'er do well brother because he would have been the correct age/time frame and location. And it would have perfectly fit my mother's family's dynamics. But anyone who might have any info is long past dead, so we're just going with what we have. My uncle was a shady character who gave "acknowledged" birth to one son, who is far shadier than his dad. I told my new found cousin all that, and she did some investigation on her own. While we hope to meet each other some day (she now lives in Canada), I think she's sorry to have turned that particular rock over and has no plans for going any farther. DNA can often give you stuff you might not want to know......
