[ffusco]

Well, it's true insofar that a large percentage of Americans can trace their ancestry back to Germany, but they are perhaps the least ethnic of all people I've met as they assimilated rapidly and have been here the longest. So to say they are Germanic in character is a bit of a stretch.

[wimpycat]

We certainly didn't get our optimistic outlook from the Germans, and optimism is what separates us from the Europeans.

[DoctorMichael]

"........it's true insofar that a large percentage of Americans can trace their ancestry back to Germany......."

I can tell from your statement that the arts of innuendo imputation and calumny are foreign to you.