pedigree

I am really confused looking through the paperwork. Could someone help me figure out why the names on the Certificate of Pedigree are different from the names on the Dam and Sire papers as well as his Pedigree Database. I went to look at the paperwork to see if I could find any dogs related to...

Hello fellow GSD lovers, I have a wonderful 10 month old GSD that I bought from someone on craigslist (I didn't know any better at the time) and he gave me the AKC pedigree paper but unfortunately I lost it. I remember the paper had all German names however. Does this mean my dog is from German...