Do You Have GERMAN Ancestry?

A German surname has histories from the Middle Ages, and each one tells a story about the original medieval person who bore it. Knowing the history of these names can tell you things about your ancient ancestors that written records cannot. Join me today on the Ancestral Findings Podcast, and I’ll talk about what you need to know about your German-surname and what it can tell you about your ancestors.

Podcast Notes:

#genealogy #germany #German #ancestralfindings

[acke-]

Mine is Repfennig. My grandparents moved to Sweden after ww2

[Roaddog]

I come from the Fehr and Henning surnames both from South East or South West Germany, one of my grandmothers ancestors were from North Germany I’d love to go visit Germany, the majority of my ancestors are from there and both families came to Pennsylvania and South Carolina and ended up in the same southern states of America for generations till this day.

[KazehareRaiden]

My surname is Potter, my mother'd maiden name is Keefer, her grandfather's name was Strung, my maternal grandma's maiden name was Ney. Basically I have a good bit of Germany ancestry

[ballermamaTasha]

I have a 3x great grandmother with Hagler surname.

[weckmannmatias]

Mine is Weckmann (profession), the half of my family is of german origins. My great- grandpa was an ethnic german, who was born in Latvia, we know that his roots came from northern Germany, but we don’t know the “Bundesland”.

[IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

My surname is Lausegger which means Tick (bug) acres or black acres originating from Austria

[sierragold]

Mine is Ziegler.... brick (or tile) maker

[fojfgql]

Mine is Grafe, my farthest great-grandfather through the surname of Grafe is Johann Bernd Grafe, he is my 4th great-grandfather. But through my von Basum lineage I found my 10th great-grandfather.

[sklutz]

My Surname is Köhler. Köhler is one of the oldest crafting techniques humanity has. So ig my family has been living in Germany for a long time now. 😅

[Yorkshirelass]

My maiden name is Schwindt. Denise Schwindt. Granddaughter of a German officer in WW2. Trying to trace back has been monumental. My retirement is keeping me busy

[bastian]

Rieth anglicized to Reedy, my mother’s maiden name was Frye which was once Frey in her family. Which meant ‘free man’ under German feudalism…still can’t figure out my dad’s?

[lightarmy.]

My last name is Gunther, my dad's family name.. I don't know anything about my ancestry other that it's German, Irish and Scottish. I have red hair and grey eyes. My mom's maiden name is Holly. She still has relatives in Scotland.

[JungleGorilla]

Mine is schimley(can someone tell me who that is)

[k.starchild_]

Starcher... Shultz ... Marron... Lindenberg... Harron... The only surnames im aware of. I dont know much about my family history but 23 and me says im 82% German. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Then I have some scottish and irish in there also some eastern Europe that 23 and me cant pin point exactly from where but my dad says we have hungarian in us, that his great great grandmother is was a gypsy. So who really knows 🤦🏻‍♀️

[sethstatler]

Can anyone tell me more about mine by chance?