Re: austrians are ethnic germans ?

"Hans Müller" <john_m@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:432ed4a2$1_2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

>>
> If you ask about the ethnicity, you could call half Europe 'Germans'
> (Anglosaxons, Danish, Dutch, French etc)
>
>

Incorrect. Only those with a high percentage (70%+) of the German gene are
German.

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