The New World And The World Cup

John and I went to a sports bar for lunch today to catch the game. It was a blast! We were both rooting for our respective ancestral teams (John for Germany and me for Spain) even though it went counter to our picks (of course, my hopes of catching up to Nana were minimal to begin with). It occurred to me that the Puente boys have family ties with 3 out of 4 of the semi-finalists. The Spanish and German relationships are obvious. Additionally my great-grandfather was half Dutch. I love family history and its been really fun to have a bit more of tie to this years world cup than in years past.