Re:This person does not exist
by Baeocystin on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:17PM
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Similar situation, in that my family line is essentially 100% German, although I grew up elsewhere. When we visited my grandparents' home city, it was kind of a shock how much I looked like everyone else. It didn't make me feel particularly comfortable or uncomfortable either way, but it did surprise me how, well, related we all looked in a way that had never happened to me before.
My favorite part of the trip, though, was getting complimented on my English by other friendly but clueless tourists who asked me for directions and the like. I told them thank you, my parents were very insistent that I practice my English from a young age. Technically the truth! :D
Later in life I traveled to Germany and just felt ... comfortable. I didn't speak the language or anything, wasn't talking to a lot of people, I simply saw all these faces that I felt I knew...
It was a very sudden change as I had already been to England, France, Italy and etc where things felt foreign and different. Then blamo, Germany and here are all these people I recognize / half recognize.