By Anonymous - 06/03/2011 05:18 - United States

Today, we had to discuss our heritage at school. When I told the class that I'm German, Japanese, and of the Jewish faith, my teacher laughed at the "irony." Something like this always happens whenever I tell people my background. FML
I agree, your life sucks 38 986
You deserved it 5 541
When Christmas Ends Badly…
Rather than debating politics with Uncle Roger for the umpteenth time, share the best Christmas FMLs to finally have a good family meal! More…
Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

Next

Top comments

MrConned 0

Damn son, sounds like an orgy gone wrong.

187 4
DocBastard 38

Just tell him you're going to go Samurai Nazi all over his tuchus.

83 0

Comments

ishatmyselfonce 0

lol it's funny coz hitler was German and he hated jews :') I point out things that're already obvious for fun.

0 15
Animeninja117 2

haha well there has to be those people around the world xD

1 0
xxxkittykatxxx 0

At least you admit it :o)

1 0
xxxkittykatxxx 0

-.- was trying to respond to another comment. Oh well

0 1
JeWbOy101 11

funny thing is that hitler was apparently a Jew... now that is irony.

0 0
una_persona 0

Haha that's funny but Hitler was not German

4 0
veesky 0

hitler was austrian...... but yes still would b funny.... and all the ppl saying there all these different bloodlines im adding mine... im german,french,australian and decended from a british convict.... its good fun my bff's grandma hid jews and i think thats gr8 sometimes ill joke around with my bff and say her grandma was a terrible person but she knows im joking. sorry about the long comment

1 0
ChrisLTC 3

reminds me of that movie The Castle the guy is half Bosnian half Serbian I think and he says everyday I wake up I want to kill myself! lol

6 0
xxxkittykatxxx 0

Native American+ Everything but English, Spanish, and French (and African American...I pretty much glow in the dark) . Still didn't get my land back D:

8 0
DocBastard 38

Just tell him you're going to go Samurai Nazi all over his tuchus.

83 0
amsftw 0

hahahahahah ^win. :]

4 1
mkrone 0

And then complain about something. get the Jew side in there.

4 11
twitch851 9

due same thing only I'm part jewish, part German. what makes it even more ironic is I have blonde hair and blue eyes.

2 6
yanksby7 6

You could have been an SS member until they had you drop your pants for the physical

6 0
Angelice_fml 0

That's not ironic at all. Lots of Germans have blonde hair and blue eyes, including myself. I'm a quarter German-Jewish and a quarter Russian-Jewish. And the other side is a mix of a bunch of European countries, like France and England. :/

2 2
Xxlaurahatakexx 9

A lot of natural blonde blue eyed Jews were killed in Germany. Some were lucky enough to use it to their advantage and pretend they weren't Jewish if they got the proper faked papers. If was actually a common occurance. It's a major misconception saying Jews aren't blonde. Hitler-fail. But yeah I can imagine how today people would notice that about you

2 1
insanesna1l 0

I'm not laughing at you because of your heritage. I would laugh if you were also gay

0 0
sourgirl101 28

That's awesome! I love hearing about different cultures. Everybody has a story to tell.(:

2 0
JustinThunder 8

I wish I knew someone like that.. :(

0 0
bookworm05 10

Who cares what everyone else thinks or says? Be proud of who you are!

0 0
Zebidee 8

Firstly, your teacher is a dick. Secondly, the German/Jewish ancestry isn't that weird, because - well - the Jews who were persecuted in Germany, were mostly Germans. Those that left as refugees would almost by definition have been both German and Jewish. Oh, and of course, there are Jews in modern day Germany too. I can see this comment section is going to be full of 'LOL Hitler' stuff, but do you think there is a chance that you might stop and think before you post? The streets of my town have memorial plaques out the front of the houses from which people were taken away to the concentration camps. This isn't an abstract concept for some people.

13 1
yanksby7 6

You're missing the clincher...poor Japan- everyone forgets they were in WWII, but just ask the good people if Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Also, OP's German and Jewish relatives could have gotten together after the war. AND with the same logic, the Japanese side could have been both imperial and placed in a US internment camp. Basically, it is entirely possible that each of the OP's grandparents had a significantly different reaction to VE and VJ days respectively.

7 0
Zebidee 8

I'm Australian. We don't forget that Japan was in WWII.

7 1
yanksby7 6

I believe you. I'm not even a teacher and it bothers me how little Americans know about their OWN history, let alone world history.

2 3
ImaginaryFoe 0

Climb off it, yanksby. Just because someone doesn't think it's unusual, doesn't mean they are unaware of history. As Zeb pointed out, being German and Jewish is not such a strange thing. The irony is only on the part of the ignorant. Adding Japanese to the mix doesn't make it any more ironic for me. I know many half-Japanese people and maybe a quarter of them claim German descent; I hadn't bothered to investigate their religions but I wouldn't be surprised if some were Jewish. The fact is that in the States, mixtures aren't all that uncommon.

5 0
anorexicbarbie 8

So? I'm Apache, Mexican, French, Spanish, and Moroccan and it's really not a big deal. YDI if you're ashamed. Also, I agree with 59; chill with the history lessons already. Sheesh.

2 1