Overview of Anna’s family tree
Anna’s genealogy report
Other documents
Books, papers
vanRaaphorst/Metsch family history (book)
Riedel/Schreiter family history (book)
Untangling the tangled tale of my Dutch ancestors (paper)
“I did it my way” (Riedel/Schreiter family history – paper)
German and Dutch_History and Geography (paper)
Other documents by family group
van Raaphorst
Anna’s paternal grandfather’s ancestors.
van Raaphorst family page
Metsch
Anna’s paternal grandmother’s ancestors.
Metsch family page
Riedel
Anna’s maternal grandfather’s ancestors.
Riedel family page
Schreiter
Anna’s maternal grandmother’s ancestors.
Schreiter family page
Dienst and Porsius
Anna’s stepmother’s ancestors.
Dienst/Porsius family page
Genealogy and DNA Data
Anna’s ancestry
Based on the information currently in Anna’s family tree
- 9/16 German
- 7/16 Dutch
Anna’s ethnicity
Based on MyHeritage DNA
- Scandinavian: 27.8%
- Irish, Scottish, and Welsh: 23.6%
- East European: 20.0%
- English: 18.8%
- Balkan: 6.1%
- Middle Eastern: 3.7%
Based on Family Tree DNA data (myOrigins)
- Western Europe
- Central Europe: 41%
- Scandinavia: 22%
- England, Wales, and Scotland: 18%
- Ireland: 5%
- Eastern Europe, West Slavic: 13%
- Finland: <1%
- Middle East, Northern Levant: <1%
Based on 23andMe data
- Northwestern European
- French & German (Bavaria & North Holland): 90.2%
- Scandinavian: 0.9%
- Eastern European: 6.0%
- Southern European (Greek & Balkan): 2.3%
- Broadly European: 0.2%
- Trace Ancestry (Central Asian & Siberian): 0.3%
Based on AncestryDNA data
- (from both parents) Germanic Europe (Central and Southwest Germany, and Coastal and Northwest Germany): 80%
- (paternal only) Sweden and Denmark: 14%
- (paternal only) Norway: 3%
- (maternal only) Eastern Europe and Russia: 2%
- (maternal only) The Balkans: 1%
Anna’s haplogroups
Based on Family Tree DNA and 23andMe data
- Maternal haplogroup: T2b (a European lineage that originated in the Near East 45,000 years ago and entered Europe about 10,000 years ago)