Today as I was researching past and present members of the Governoring body of J.W.'s something stood out to me that seemed out of proportion towards other name origins.
The vast majority appeared to be from the Germanic peoples. Either they were originally from Germany themself or their parents immigrated from Germany.
Here are some of the ones I researched and you should be able to spot just from their names a hint of their origins:
Karl F. Klein
Albert Schroeder
Fred Franz
Raymond Franz (former member)
M.G. Henschel
Gerrit Losch
The reason I'm researching this is because I noticed something equally puzzling to me as regards the local Kingdom Hall I used to attend.
The majority of Elders that are/were appointed were of Germanic ancestory. Even the C.O.B.E. (formerly P.O.) has a very Germanic name.
Two of the Elders that aren't of German ancestory both married wives from families that are.
A good number of them can speak both English and German.
Is this just coincidence?
Do you think your odds of being appointed were increased depending on your last name?
Is this just me grasping at straws or do you feel there might be some substance behind it?
If you remember some of the last names of the Elders in your hall, it might be interesting experiment to type it in google search then type name origin and see what you come up with. Even if it don't give you a specific country of origin it will give you a general region for it.
And last but not least, if the anointed do indeed come from all parts of the earth, why are there no oriental, latino or arabic peoples been appointed to the Governoring body?
It only took what a hundred years for them finally to get a black man on the G.B. (Samuel Herd).