From which regions of Germany do German americans have their ancestry from?

[AphroditeWorshiper]

[nittionia]

Mine is from the Bavarian region overall, although my grandma gets mostly Swiss on 23andme so that could influence my regions too I suppose.

[Celestia]

My great great grandfather was from Saxony.

[Dick]

I'm not sure about German Americans (Peterski may know)

but in Canada they're mostly from Ex Austro-Hungarians lands, Ex Soviet countries, Prussia, Baden-Wurttemberg, rhineland.

For example Saskatchewan;

In Saskatchewan the German settlers came directly from Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Canadians

[Peterski]

It depends, I think Wisconsin has many Eastern Germans. But in the U.S. as a whole most came from South-Western Germany.

Early German immigration:



Later German immigration:



German settlers in Texas:

[Token]

But in the U.S. as a whole most came from South-Western Germany.

Same in Brazil.

[nittionia]

My gg grandpa came from "Germany" in the 1900s but no idea where, I'm assuming he is represented as the eastern euro in my dad and I.

[Dick]

I'm not sure about German Americans (Peterski may know)

I was right

[Peterski]

Same in Brazil.

It also matches the population density in 19th century Germany (South-Western Germany had the highest population density).

[Daco Celtic]

When I lived in PA Dutch Country, most of the German-Americans had ancestry from southern and western Germany, including Amish and Mennonites. I'm sure that is true throughout much of America, esp the Midwest.