My Heritage bloggin

I'm from a mix of German and Dutch descent. My Ancestors on the Teman side came over from Germany before the American Civil War and the male on that side fought for the North. They were actually Jewish-German, so it is a good thing they left there when they did. I don't really know much about german culture, although I found it kind of funny that Germany is sometimes referred to as das Land der Dichter und Denker, also known as the land of poets and thinkers.
As far as the Dutch side of my family, I don't have as much information. I did find this bit of information though-
If you are dutch typically:
You own a telephone and a TV. Your place is heated in the winter and has its own bathroom. You do your laundry in a machine. You don't kill your own food. You don't have a dirt floor. You eat at a table, sitting on chairs... Yep I do all those things! Sign me up.