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My heritage is all German, though my family has been in the Americas since the 1930's and before that most of them were in Russia for a long period of time.
I don't think I have "German" tendencies, but I think those that came from the old world had them...I believe it was their concsious choice to keep their cultural tendencies, thus causing personality traits to stay within the line. As generations perpetuated, the need to keep their ancestors' ways of life going weakened and you might see a little bit of "German" come out in some of us, but we are mostly ourselves. So, to answer your question, I say it is a combination, but it is perpetuated by the desire to keep these cultural tendencies.
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