My mom traced my family names "Weltzbacher" and "Rücker" back about 550 years or so.
My generation was the first in my family to be born in America.
(I was actually born on a military base, but close enough.)
Before that, we all lived in Germany.
(I was actually born on a military base, but close enough.)
Before that, we all lived in Germany.
After we'd gone about 500years back or so, we found that our ancestors are all from a part of Germany that was Prussia.
So... in short, I'm awesome.