Since 2000 census results have been used to paint America as a more German place than it actually is. I don’t think many people are outright lying, but it seems people of mixed German/Old American descent prefer identifying with their more “exotic” ancestry.https://twitter.com/crimkadid/status/1234302733387288577 …
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The town of Berlin, Ontario became Kitchener in 1916. Anglicisation of names seems most probable. Also, as a kid I heard this rumor as fact:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-german-vote/ …
Germans didn’t Anglicize their names except in obvious circumstances such as Schmidt-Smith or Muller/Miller
