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On May 19, 2020, Jochen Homann of Bonn, Germany emailed me noting that in the Kirmse Family Tree on Ancestry, “Dierck Brunkhorst is – if I’m right – my 6th-great grandfather”.  In  the Kirmse Family Tree, Dierck Brunkhorst (1659-1743) is my 8th great-uncle. Hence, Dierck’s father, Johann Brunkhorst (1621-1692), is our common ancestor .

Jochen noted that there was also a possible relationship between us through Hinrich Kracke (1635-1702) on his paternal side:

Hinrich Kracke (1653-1702) is my 9th great-uncle so his father, Johann Kracke (1605-?) is Jochen and my common ancestor. My relation with Johann Kracke is as follows:

Jochen also noted that he is “a descendant of the Mueller family in Scheessel” on his maternal side as is shown below:

Johan Moller (1549-1607) is also my 10th great-grandfather as is shown in the following relationship chart:

Since Berend Müller 1606-1663 is Jochen and my common ancestor and is our 8th great-grandfather, we are 9th cousins through this relationship.

Jochen and I have continued to correspond in reviewing our family trees with the purpose of making both of our family trees more complete and correct. It turns out that there are multiple relationships between us. According to the current Kirmse Family Tree on Ancestry, Jochen is also my 7th cousin 1x removed as is shown in the following relationship chart.