{"id":20394,"date":"2022-06-06T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=20394"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:37:23","slug":"connecting-eva-to-the-rathfelder-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2022\/06\/06\/connecting-eva-to-the-rathfelder-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Eva to the Rathfelder Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had wrtten a Blog about Eva in 2020<\/a>, but had trouble connecting her to my Rathfelder Tree despite a good DNA connection. Now I see the connection.<\/p>\n

Here are the DNA matches that Eva has with my mother:<\/p>\n

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The Rathfelder Genealogy<\/h2>\n

Here is what Eva has for her tree:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

While searching for my great-grandfather, I found this record:<\/p>\n

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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:<\/p>\n

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Adding Eva to My DNA\/Genealogy Tree<\/h2>\n

This is the DNA matching Rathfelder Tree I have so far:<\/p>\n

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Here I have added in Eva:<\/p>\n

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Eva is a 2nd cousin once removed to my mother Gladys. Our common ancestors were Johann Rathfelder born in 1819 and Rosine Schwechheimer.<\/p>\n

“Painting” Eva<\/h2>\n

I use DNAPainter to show DNA matches. Here is what I have so far for my mother:<\/p>\n

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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:<\/p>\n

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It looks like I had guessed at a more distant Rathfelder ancestor. Now that I know better, I can correct that.<\/p>\n

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Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n