Was Nietzsche of Polish ancestry?

Question

His name could be transcribed as Niecki, which is definitely Polish sounding.

Answer 1

Attempts to trace his ancestry allow the possibility, but it has to be be pushed way, way back.  For two or three hundred years all were pretty much complete natives of Germany.  Records get hazy further back than that.  The possibility is not excluded, but there is so for no real support for it.  The stories Nietzsche himself relates about Polish and aristocratic origins all appear to be completely false.  Link for details.

Answer 2

Yes, like many other families in Eastern Germany.

"The name, says Elisabeth, was originally Nietzschy.

'Germany is a great nation,' Nietzsche would say, 'only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.... I am proud of my Polish descent.'"

Answer 3

He was only half-Polish by his ancestry and totally non-German by his philosophy!

Answer 4

Check wikipedia.