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What was Lou Gehrig's mother's nationality?

posted 9 years ago by Simplythebest11962
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[–] zenstyle 9 years ago

According to this movie she was Standard Central Casting Sentimental Immigrant.

[–] Simplythebest11962 9 years ago

by zenstyle » 52 minutes ago (Sun Apr 26 2015 13:42:57)
IMDb member since June 2006
According to this movie she was Standard Central Casting Sentimental Immigrant.

LOL

You made me laugh.

I was actually being serious, though, because I was just curious.

I thought she was supposed to possibly be Russian.

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[–] trist962 9 years ago

I always believed the Gehrigs were Dutch..?

[–] SidekickinWhiteFury 9 years ago

His parents were German immigrants.

Dutch people were from Holland, now The Netherlands. They are not Germans.

[–] Simplythebest11962 9 years ago

by trist962 » 1 day ago (Fri Jun 12 2015 21:18:03)
IMDb member since January 2015
I always believed the Gehrigs were Dutch..?

oh okay, thanks, for your feedback.

[–] SidekickinWhiteFury 9 years ago

They were not Dutch.

[–] Simplythebest11962 9 years ago

by SidekickinWhiteFury » 41 minutes ago (Sun Jun 14 2015 08:25:54)
IMDb member since December 2006
They were not Dutch.

Okay.

[–] Mad_Monkey 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure they weren't Dutch. In case you were wondering.

[–] Simplythebest11962 9 years ago

by Mad_Monkey » 10 hours ago (Fri Aug 7 2015 03:28:57)
IMDb member since May 2005
I'm pretty sure they weren't Dutch. In case you were wondering.

LOL Thanks, that was going to be my NEXT question (just joking).

[–] montgomerydou55 7 years ago

Yes, they were German (the German word for "German" is deutsch).

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