Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agoAmericans, what is something that Europeans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-square338fedilinkarrow-up1193
arrow-up1181message-squareAmericans, what is something that Europeans have/do that makes no sense to you?Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square338fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•1 year agoThey belong(ed) to the german royal house “Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha” and changed their name to “Windsor” after WW1 to not be affiliated with germany anymore. I don’t know if that’s enough to call them foreign though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoA “house name” represents only one of a person’s many ancestors.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 year agoIf I’m not mistaken, the royals are German or something.
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They belong(ed) to the german royal house “Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha” and changed their name to “Windsor” after WW1 to not be affiliated with germany anymore. I don’t know if that’s enough to call them foreign though.
A “house name” represents only one of a person’s many ancestors.
If I’m not mistaken, the royals are German or something.