[lemonchutney]

My husband's last name is *berg, and once he was contacted by a German fellow with the same last name who was doing genealogical studies. My husband launched into his knowledge of his German ancestors (who were Jewish), and the German expressed great surprise that there were Jewish *bergs in Germany. My husband expressed great surprise that there were non-Jewish *bergs in Germany.

Many Americans assume we're Jewish because our last name ends in -berg, and we have largish noses and dark hair. I assume this sometimes affects how we're treated and how our son will be treated.

So we're lumped into a category on one side, and not accepted in that category by the other side.

LC