Also, many Austrians and Hungarians, who emmigrated to America had German last names. Quite often, no one, hearing an American's last name, can say just which nationality his/her ancestors came from.
Don't worry, I think of Germans such as Goethe, Wagner ( and other music greats),and Marx when I think of Germany; not to mention such characyers as King Ludwig of Bavaria. LOL
The British Monarchs have been GERMAN since the Gerorges. The author has also forgotten utterly, that the Saxons, the Angels, and many other Germanic tribes invaded/took over much of England more than a millenia ago.
;-)) Yeah, indeed. Also, the Dutch and Swedish royals as the Spanish and Belgians have German ancestors. The future queen of Sweden e.g. is 7/8 German... and the Dutch national anthem starts with "Wilhelmus van Nassouw been ick van duitschen bloed" (I´m Wilhelmus of Nassau and I have German blood). Our "Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha"-family knew how to take over other nations peacefully.