Poland-Germany border, most interesting thing ever

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Originally Posted by Rethel

At least I have imagination - you don't.
Imagination is a symptom of inteligence - her lack: of lack of inteligence. :p

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https://cs9.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2...3148099272.jpg

What is the percentage of Poles with German/Germanic ancestry?

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Originally Posted by Token

What is the percentage of Poles with German/Germanic ancestry?

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Noone knows. I guess it is 10%.
But some partial regional comparitions show even more.

Anyhow, he was an ethnic German but I still identify as Slavic since most of my family is Polish and Czech. My Slavo-Germanic surname is "Bernatowicz", comes from German name "Bernhard."

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Originally Posted by Polak

"Bernatowicz", comes from German name "Bernhard."

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Eeee... Bernat could be anyone. Even a Pole. Just a name.

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Originally Posted by Rethel

Noone knows. I guess it is 10%.
But some partial regional comparitions show even more.

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Is it significant or just distant and minor ancestry? Do they identify more with German/Germanic or Polish/Slavic culture?

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Originally Posted by Token

Is it significant or just distant and minor ancestry?

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Normal ancestry, direct, what else could be?

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Do they identify more with German/Germanic or Polish/Slavic culture?

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Normal polish German is totaly assimilated.

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Originally Posted by Rethel

Eeee... Bernat could be anyone. Even a Pole. Just a name.

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Yes but they weren't Poles, so there is that. "Bernhard" name is Germanic anyhow, so irregardless whether they were Germanic, Slavic, both or neither; they had a Slavo-Germanic surname and their ancestor lived amongst Germanics.

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Originally Posted by Rethel

Normal ancestry, direct, what else could be?

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So they are mostly German and just culturally Polish?

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Originally Posted by Polak

Yes but they weren't Poles,

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When and where they were?

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so there is that. "Bernhard" name is Germanic anyhow, so irregardless whether they were Germanic, Slavic, both or neither; they had a Slavo-Germanic surname and their ancestor lived amongst Germanics.

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It doesn't necessarly mean that guy was a German.
German names were very popular almost since ever.
The very son of Mieszko the first had german name.