Reply #44: We might be related!

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I come from a an abundant wheat growing region in south eastern Washington State called the Palouse. The land was considered worthless, but the Germmans who had perfected the art of dryland wheat farming immigrated and homesteaded in large numbers during the nineteenth century.

My Grandmother never quite grasped English. My father spoke German before he learned English in grade school. I learned many Christmas songs in their original German form, O' Tannenbaum, for example.

My father was born in 1919, so he was ripe for WWII. It was actually a little touch and go on whose side we would throw in on. No one liked the Nazi's, but the mother country was at stake. My family decided to remain and fought against the Axis nations. All this before I was born in 1959.

My family tree has been traced back to such towns as Schulp, Raade, Westeronfeld and Osteronfelt. (sp?)

The Palouse: