HonestAbe previously said:

Please let this thread not be another "race" thread.

divinedominicana previously said:

Just wanted to know i know is there still dominicans with german hertiage my mother is one for example and only have met afew i heard there is thosand of them if you are one who know one let me know!!!!

Lautaro previously said:



I've read somewhere that there their community on this country is numbered around 25,000, making it the largest community of german descended people in the Caribbean.

cibaeño75 previously said:




In my family's hometown, Baitoa, there's a family of German descent that has been living there for generations, the Ottenwalders.

divinedominicana previously said:




no its not just trying to keep in touch with other like me in dominican republic gosh

Lautaro previously said:



I've read somewhere that there their community on this country is numbered around 25,000, making them the largest community of german descended people in the Caribbean. Which makes that a wonder by itself, seeing as how all the other attempts at populating the island by these people (specially on the western part of the island) have failed dismally, due to the fact of their little resistance when exposed to the ravages of tropical diseases (malaria, yellow fever, etc.).

Lautaro previously said:



I consider it odd that they haven't taken the path of emigration that have plagued the people over there on the last decades, specially if we take into account the efforts that the countries of the EU have been making to call back their diasporas (to serve as a buffer against the african/arab tide reaching their shores). Are they large landholders by chance?

HonestAbe previously said:



I once read that there were 200,000 Germans in the RD.