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One parent Polish, the other one German - their children?


musicwriter 5 | 87
29 Aug 2010 #1
Is there a trait or intrinsic mannerism that is found in children of Polish & German parents?
I'm referring to demeanor, courtesy, patience, congeniality, etc.
TheOther 6 | 3,674
29 Aug 2010 #2
What kind of question is that?
hague1cmaeron 14 | 1,368
29 Aug 2010 #3
The question sounds extremely generalist. Is there some observation that you or others have made that this question is based on?
Crow 155 | 9,025
29 Aug 2010 #4
One parent Polish, the other one German

you mean, one parent Polish, the other one germanized Pole or Serbian who now consider itself as German?
vetala - | 382
29 Aug 2010 #5
Is there a trait or intrinsic mannerism that is found in children of Polish & German parents?

Well, I went to high school with a guy I thought was a perfectly regular Pole, until I found out that one of his parents was German and the other was Ukrainian. So the answer is -No.
James693296
1 Oct 2011 #6
You act like this is unusual. Polish-German marriage rate is VERY high. Many people have both Polish and German heritage.

you mean, one parent Polish, the other one germanized Pole or Serbian who now consider itself as German?

Shut up.
ZIMMY 6 | 1,601
1 Oct 2011 #7
If one parent is Polish and the other parent is something else then it is proper to default to Polish as your heritage. ... unless of course you are a jerk. In that case, you are the other ethnicity. :)

I have found that generally, people who are half-sies usually claim Polish as their ancestry. An English friend of mine even commented on that phenomena.
PlasticPole 7 | 2,648
1 Oct 2011 #8
That's why I call myself Polish. My Dad is Polish, my mom something else so I default to Polish.
Wedle 16 | 496
1 Oct 2011 #9
Is there a trait or intrinsic mannerism that is found in children of Polish & German parents?
I'm referring to demeanor, courtesy, patience, congeniality, etc.

Yes, they are very good at football.
Lyzko
1 Oct 2011 #10
Numerous studies in fact have been made measuring the cognitive learning patterns of bilingual language learners, not necessarily of half Polish-German parentage, but many other mixed groups as well-:)
Natasa 1 | 580
1 Oct 2011 #11
Numerous studies in fact have been made measuring the cognitive learning patterns of bilingual language learners,

Lyzko, could you tell me more about the findings? :)

I think it could, and I heard something about it, that bilingual situation could be a precipitating factor for some problems that occur in childhood.

Sounds reasonable to me, instead of being flooded by one world and its words, the child develops often conflicting ideas, concepts of different worlds materialized through two different languages.
Lyzko
1 Oct 2011 #12
Gladly, Natasa!

The University of Kraków a mumber of years back, published an on-line paper or thesis by a Polish professor of Cognitive Linguistics (whose name, typically, I've forgottenLOL) reseaching Polish-Russian children and, through 'play therapy', attempted to show how these children who grew up in bilingual homes, coped with two languages at school along with other social interactions.

Just a brief addendum here, to be sure, many of those children tested for the study, indeed experienced numerous culture shock-type issues throughout the period of their childhood, even up through adolescence. As far as adulthood, no further research in this area has yet been done, to my knowledge.
Natasa 1 | 580
1 Oct 2011 #13
Confusion, some loss of structure language gives caused by concepts from different languages that are not always compatible or overlapping, sometimes even denoting different phenomena, I guess could cause lack of clear lines that one language gives. Inner world filled with struggle over primacy of one of the worlds.

Second problem more psychological one, identity issues. Mom, dad, what am I? (question that has more relevance in Europe, not that much applicable to countries that offer third citizenship based identity like Americans, Australians ....)
Lyzko
1 Oct 2011 #14
Exactly, Natassa!

This feeling of "identitylessness" is often reinforced among the bilingual (not necessarily 'bicultural'!!) children of mixed-nationalty parents. I'm reminded on another note, of the person who was born abroad, came to the States at thirteen, learned English as a secondare tongue, yet grew estranged from his native or 'born' language and finally exclaimed after being in America for almost thurty years that even after all this time, there was literally NO language they could speak without a brokem grammar or accent - their original language or English-:)
Polonius3 994 | 12,367
11 Oct 2011 #15
One should not generalise, as various scenarios are possible re rearing kids in a bilingual/biethnic setting. It can be a blessing since many bilingual youngsters do better at school, but it can also be traumatic. If each spouse tries to sway the child over to their own ethnicity and derides that of hteir spouse, the youngster may feel torn. In some cases, one spouse is culturally active whilst the other is ethnically indifferent. Probably the best arrangement is where each parent supports the ethnicity of his/her spouse and helps turn the family's biculturalism into an interesting adventure.
Lyzko
11 Oct 2011 #16
True, Polonius, I agree! In my case, I was raised not purely bilingual, but nearly, since I heard German around me all the time, but spoke English on the streets. Having been raised in New York, even if Yorkville while it was still a German neighborhood, my first and sole language of instruction in school was English, not German-:)

Related:

Bloodline question <> Polish or German?

Hi ya'll. One of my friends is half Polish and half German. She wants to know how to answer the obvious question. Is she Polish or German. Both of course. Weird question, but she asked. I just say she is Terran. Human. Earthling. Is there a correct term or is she being silly?

Easy....if there is a football match between Germany and Poland whose flags is she waving?
Which team should win?
*looks mysterious into glass orb*
The blood will tell...ja ja...


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