Posts in April 5, 2023

A relatively new DNA match, we will call him Alfred, has three shared matches with me: David Ronald Thomas David and Thomas are known descendants of my Trautvetter 3rd great-grandparents via their paper genealogy. The shared matches I have with David and Thomas are not all identified, but for each of them over two-third of the shared matches are also know members of the Trautvetter family. Their Trautvetter connection is pretty solid. My Trautvetter connection is on my paternal side of the family. Then there is Ronald. Ronald has an unusual last name that is actually common in the area of Germany where my maternal ancestors are all from (Ostfriesland). Ronald has numerous shared matches. The closest 25 matches I have to Ronald are all known descendants of […]