"Moin!"
This Low-German greeting was used by my Ostfriesen ancestors to mean "Hello." When was the last time you learned a word from your ancestor's native language? And if you don't have any foreign language speaking forebears, have you learned any of their slang or colloquialisms?
Even if it doesn't directly help your research, it may help you to connect with them on a different level.
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