I had wrtten a Blog about Eva in 2020, but had trouble connecting her to my Rathfelder Tree despite a good DNA connection. Now I see the connection.
Here are the DNA matches that Eva has with my mother:
The Rathfelder Genealogy
Here is what Eva has for her tree:
I am interested in the Rathfelder side. Through recent research, I have found “Henrihs Ratfelders”. I found him as Johann Heinrich Rathfelder. This is the same name as my great-grandfather. In fact Eva’s grandfather was probably named for my great-grandfather.
While searching for my great-grandfather, I found this record:
This is a family church record from St. Paul’s in Riga showing Eva’s Johann Heinrich born in Linden (the church for Hirschenhof) on 8 October 1887. I don’t know who the Marie and Heinrich are at the bottom of the page. I wonder if they are my great-grandparents. At any rate there is also a Nicolai in this family who was probably named for my great Uncle Nicolai born in 1874:
Adding Eva to My DNA/Genealogy Tree
This is the DNA matching Rathfelder Tree I have so far:
Here I have added in Eva:
Eva is a 2nd cousin once removed to my mother Gladys. Our common ancestors were Johann Rathfelder born in 1819 and Rosine Schwechheimer.
“Painting” Eva
I use DNAPainter to show DNA matches. Here is what I have so far for my mother:
My mom is 35% painted over all (or 35% filled in) and 40% painted on the paternal side. It turns out that I had already added Eva on my mom’s chart:
It looks like I had guessed at a more distant Rathfelder ancestor. Now that I know better, I can correct that.
Summary and Conclusions
- I am glad to see now how Eva fits in to the Rathfelder tree
- Her family and my family were apparently close. Her grandfather appears to be named after my great-grandfather and at least one of her great uncles was named after my great uncle.