Not sure about my ethnicity?... I have a german first name and italian last name?

Stop shouting, for heaven's sake. All caps is considered shouting and rude. Your names can have nothing to do with where your great great grandparents came from, all 16 of them.

You cannot find your ethnicity through a DNA test as the result go back much farther than written records.

Your ethnicity is how you were raised, what you ate/drank, the music you listened/danced to, your language/politics/religion. Type of clothing worn, type housing dwelt in, that sort of stuff, formerly known as "culture" (as in most people don't have it now-a-days). So, no, there is no test for it.

Surnames are mostly not connected with ethnicities. True, if you are a Jew with the surname of Cohen, you could claim that it does. Likewise, Basques and Saami have surnames that are almost exclusive to them, but in general there is no connection.

Seriously, every time I read about "Asian" eyes, I think of "racism". Asia includes India, home of both the Gypsy and the white race, Asia Minor (you people call it the Middle East), the Arabian Peninsula, Palestine (including Israel), Turkey, north into Russia...and everything east of that line to the Pacific Ocean. So, no one has an "Asian Look".

You might look like a Chinaman, a Japanese...or a Pakistani, or Afghani but those are merely a few of the subsets of Asian. Latins (Hispanics, Chicanos, etc.) are white for the most part. As to what to check when filling out forms, it depends: Is it the Census?

Review the choices and mark the one that fits YOUR profile the closest. This has nothing to do with your ancestry for the most part; however, one of the choices is "Filipino" or "Guamanian", so sometimes it is about your ancestry. Is if for the draft?

(Whoops! I mean to join the military?) Is if for college enrollment? Or for a supposed scholarship because you are some type of minority?

Each of those (and of course job applications) has a different set of choices. But, hey, a few hints: if you do not speak Spanish, don't claim to be Latin, Hispanic, etc. If you do not appear black, don't claim to be one. If you are not enrolled in a tribe, even if your parents are Indians, don't claim to be Indian.

So, it really is simple: don't make it "complicated and tough". Lastly, you do not need your parents or any other relative to trace your ancestry. (Even though that is not what you asked.) All you need is basic info, so start with your birth certificate and keep going.

And, yes, DNA tests will reveal where in the world your ancestors came from, about 5 - 20 generations ago.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.