My mom just told me I'm Irish, not German. This is new information for me. So my Irish ancestors moved to Austria and Hungry and then to the Black Forest region of Germany, which I suppose would have been Prussia at the time? My great-great grandfather was a cabinet maker and all he seemed to be doing around the turn of century ~1900 was making coffins. He would have a made a fortune, but he didn't want to benefit from the misfortune of others. Lot of respect for that man.
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