The tenth instance of a (very distant) cousin on my mother’s side of the family marrying a (very distant) cousin on my father’s side revealed itself quite nicely thanks to the topnotch genealogical research of my DNA match “DianaH70”. Like me, she is a descendant of both Alexander and Sarah (Austin) Joyce, ancestors of my mother, and Edmond and Rachel (Ladd) Liptrot, ancestors of my father.
The two sides of my family tree collided again when “DianaH70″‘s grandmother, Lillie Belle Joyce (my 5th cousin, 2x removed), married Lemmie Vance Rhodes (my 7th cousin, 1x removed) in 1921.
Lillie, Lemmie, Liptrot, Ladd. Love it.
Here’s the entire list, with my mother’s Kenfolk on the left and my father’s on the right:
- Florence Schwartz (2nd cousin, 2x removed) married Edna Duesenberg (1st cousin, 2x removed)
- Irene Rohlfing (3rd cousin,1x removed) married Herbert Biesemeyer (1st cousin, 2x removed)
- Dwayne Kersten (2nd cousin, 1x removed) married Celeste Sprick (3rd cousin, 1x removed)
- Patricia Kersten (2nd cousin, 1x removed) married Glenn Bolm (4th cousin)
- Brenda Schroeder (3rd cousin) married Shane Bunge (4th cousin)
- Nathan Chamness (2nd cousin, 5x removed) married Mary McCracken (2nd cousin, 6x removed and 2nd cousin, 5x removed)
- Joseph Chamness (1st cousin, 6x removed) and Ruth McCracken (1st cousin, 7x removed)
- Martha Pearl Vestal (1st cousin, 6x removed) and Robert McCracken (1st cousin, 7x removed)
- Frederick Wilhelm Beckmann (1st cousin, 3x removed) and Caroline Charlotte Johanne Biesemeyer (2nd cousin, 3x removed)
- Lillie Belle Joyce (5th cousin, 2x removed) and Lemmie Vance Rhodes (7th cousin, 1x removed)
Kenfolk: Both sides
Relations: Many, many, many
Common ancestors: Oui