Did your family change the family name during the World Wars, as the British royals did, to disguise being German?

The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The dynasty is originally of German paternal descent and was a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, itself derived from the House of Wettin, which succeeded the House of Hanover to the British monarchy following the death of Queen Victoria, wife of Albert, Prince Consort.

The name was changed from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor (from "Windsor Castle in 1917 because of anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I

No, but around the time of the Crimean war, my great great grandfathers surname got changed from ALIEN to Allen. (I have copies of the relevant birth and death certificates)

not necessary, as my MOM was German & changed her name when they got married ...............

No.

George V changed the name in order to show where his loyalties were---with the UK. He was quite angry with his German cousin. He not only chose an official surname for the family, he stripped all royals who wished to live in the UK of foreign titles. He replaced many of these foreign royal or serene titles with ones from the British peerage.

The Windsors were British-born then---Mary, George V, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, Louise, Princess Royal, Princess Victoria, Maud, Prince Alexander John of Wales, Edward VIII, George VI, Mary, Princess Royal.... and before these two generations, Edward VII, Victoria---their offspring, all British-born.

It is not uncommon for people to anglicize their names--many non-royals do so.

No. For the simple reason that my family name isn't remotely Germanic.

No only cowards did that.

Hmm. I wonder why you think a change that happened over 100 years ago, in the midst of a war with Germany, is so problematic? That's a little weird, dear, don't you think?

Here in the US, so many immigrants changed their names on arrival that we don't blink an eye at this sort of thing. While we were fighting the Germans during both World War I and II, not a few people of German ancestry altered their surnames or claimed to be of Swiss ancestry. It wasn't unusual, sweetie.

Nein.

Lots of people either anglicised their names or changed them completely, because royal or commoner, it was not at all popular to be seen to have connections with Germany. In some countries even names of towns were changed to disassociate them from any German connection.

No but, I do know of a German relative who did and went into hiding in England during the war.