All the members of my family tree in Germany are fair haired and very white. But we all have one odd feature. So I arrived at the wee village near Langerkopf Mountain and being young, just knocked on a door of a nice home. A man in a suit answered the door. Germans dress in suits at home? Well, he looked at me, bobbed his head a bit to the left and right, then called out my last name! I said yes, and he stopped and asked, American? He ushered me inside and asked me to sit. He got on the telephone and made a few calls. In a few minutes, several other distinguished gentlemen came in. They all looked at me closely then sat dow quietly. The first man said, "You are American. You must have questions". I replied, "First, how did you know my surname?" He replied, "You are a Langerkopf. All of us here are." I said that I knew the name of the mountain was Langerkopf, but what do you mean? He said that Langerkopf means 'Long Head' and that everybody with my name had a longer head. Sure enough, I do and all of them did too. He then proceeded to tell me that it was a sign of being Assyrian. Say what! He then told me some fabulous tale about how Germany was originally settled by ancient Assyrians. Told me the whole story. I'd never heard a word about this stuff. Well, after a long question and answer session, I went back to catch the evening train. All these years later, I looked it up and sure enough, those old guys were right. PS: One question was why was the mountain called Langerkopf, was it because it was a long mountain, and he replied, "No, we named it long ago."