Yes, we are a rather... mixed-up bunch. My Grandpa was German - they were the wealthy side of the family. His parents had the tavern - it didn't exist in my lifetime anymore, so I never saw it -, but he leaned to become an accountant, so his younger brother earned it.
Granny was Hungarian. She had seven siblings. Her father was the shoemaker. People were rather astonished when Grandpa married her - it wasn't considered a sensible match, but they actually worked very well together, even though the rich German in-laws gave Granny much grief at first. They should have been glad to have some fresh blood in the family after generations of inbreedig...
I didn't know my other grandparents, but the my father's mother was Rumanian. They used to have their own small piece of land and grew vegetables, I think.
Such mixed families were common in Transylvania, where various nationalities lived together.
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Granny was Hungarian. She had seven siblings. Her father was the shoemaker. People were rather astonished when Grandpa married her - it wasn't considered a sensible match, but they actually worked very well together, even though the rich German in-laws gave Granny much grief at first. They should have been glad to have some fresh blood in the family after generations of inbreedig...
I didn't know my other grandparents, but the my father's mother was Rumanian. They used to have their own small piece of land and grew vegetables, I think.
Such mixed families were common in Transylvania, where various nationalities lived together.