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    1. PitchPuzzleheaded540 on

      South Africa? Didn’t know about that. Thought that only Dutch descent was that high

    3. rumpots420 on

      How far back are we going? If there’s no cuttoff, then everyone of English descent is also of German descent.

    7. Candid-Math5098 on

      Would you consider my Jewish ancestors from Germany 150 years ago as German? (They did *not* speak Yiddish)

    8. Icy-Response6124 on

      Egypt? Are there really that many Germans in Hurghada now? 🤔

    14. Ok_Angle7676 on

      Austria and Zwitserland are not counted as German? I guess that would make it more difficult for countries outside of Europe

    15. Enpada2 on

      18 of that 20 million is in the south basically (very derrogatory im against the south)(chimarrão is disgusting)(linguiça gaucha is too dry)(calling french bread “cacete” is really funny im not going to lie you guys got it right on that one)(Im not going to talk about SC but you know what the problemn with SC is im not going to say it but you know what im talking about)(Paraná is okay you guys should unite with São Paulo again to leave the south)(Bah chê né guri vou tomar um chimas lá né chê)

    19. RFB-CACN on

      Funnily enough a lot of Germans that came to Brazil were the Protestant ones. One can trace the origin of almost every Protestant church in Brazil to a German.

    20. pancetta9 on

      I’m Brazilian, with German, French, and Italian ancestry. Brazil is proudly a country of immigrants 🙂

    21. windsyofwesleychapel on

      Can we see a pre1945 Brazil graphic

      ![gif](giphy|H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl)

    22. geschiedenisnerd on

      I am guessing there are different definitions of german descent here. (for example, USA with it’s infamous 7+ generational “heritage” bullshit)

    23. RocketPavilion_687 on

      The numbers for Brazil and Argentina seem surprisingly high compared to Canada, I wonder what the methodology was for counting those.

    24. Wraith1989 on

      As of the 2022 cenus 36% of the white population are English South Africans.

    25. We4knessj3ssy36 on

      The sheer scale of the US numbers compared to the rest of the world is always wild to see.

    27. MarioSpeedwagon13 on

      Thought Britain would be higher considering the migration of the Angle and Saxon people.

    32. MayoColoredBenzz on

      Despite the meme, most Germans who migrated to Argentina moved in the late 19th century and early 20th century, the German migration after World War II is greatly overestimated. In fact, one of the many reasons for those Germans deciding to go to Argentina was that there was already a large German community in the country.

    38. rayzaray on

      I am one of them. 32% German from my Dad and Mom’s side. My mother’s maiden name is Bayer. My father’s mother, my grandmother maiden name is Rhien.

      Just a quick run down, got a guy and woman married in Germany, coming from Hesse came to USA and Gold Rush California 1876 Dad’s side. Another guy went to St. Louis Missouri from Baden-Wurtenberg Rhineland 1856, his son moved to California in the Gold Rush. Another guy from Hesse came to San Francisco 1870 and he married a woman in the US from Madgeburg kinda near Berlin who came in the 1870s San Francisco. On my Mom’s side guy came in 1850 from Rhineland city kind near Strausbourg to Philadelphia and he married a woman in the US who came from Baden-Wurtenberg who moved to Philadelphia also in 1850. Lastly on my mother’s side, a man who came to Philadelphia in 1843 from Ravensburg Bremen married a woman who came from Germany in the 1840s or 1850s I can’t find info on with surname Schaub.

      All the surnames were Peter, Goebel, Rhien, Baker, Bayer, Bruckner, Schaub, and Goenner. I am proud of my German heritage.

    39. EduSCA on

      I’m brazilian with german ancestry on my maternal grandmother’s side, but I also have italian, swiss, belgian, and portuguese ancestry, whatever…

    40. levogira on

      Honestly surprised Argentina doesn’t have more German immigration. But again, I’m from the South of Brazil and have both german and polish ascendency.

    42. INFINIT823 on

      As an Argentinian, I can confirm that we have A LOT of German villages, full of German flags, German festivals, etc. And it’s beautiful to visit them, they are little paradises.