That's what I thought. – Let's change the subject. One of my favorite chapters is chapter 24 – "The Recessive Gene" – How did you come up with that one?

Matthias Drawe Well, this is actually based on family lore. My last name is pretty rare in Germany. There are only about 200 people with this last name in a country of more than 80 million. At some point, my grandfather conducted some genealogical research and found out that our name "Drawe" derives from the river "Trave" and from the local gentry around the town of Travemünde, who were called "von der Trave" several hundred years ago. Over time, the "von" was lost and there was a consonant shift from "Trave" to "Drawe." I always liked the idea, that we are descendants of impoverished gentry, so I put it in the book.

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