famfo-esens-l - Nachricht 2017-06 00003

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Moin,

Ich habe aus den USA das unten wiedergegebene Schreiben erhalten. Ich 
hatte vor drei Jahren einfache Gentests durchführen lassen, und seitdem 
erhalte ich täglich 1 bis 2 Mails, dass Family Tree DNA wieder Verwandte 
von mir entdeckt hätte. Sehr seriös scheinen mir diese Angaben nicht zu 
sein. Aber eventuell gibt es ja gemeinsame Vorfahren mit den 
Schuirmann/Hinrichs, ich weiß bloß nicht, wie ich das recherchieren 
könnte. Falls jemand mehr weiß, wäre ich sehr dankbar.

Gruß  Kay

Hello Kay

 My name is Michael Savage and I manage the DNA kit for my grandfather, 
Johann Schurmann, on Family Tree DNA. It appears that you share 78cM of 
DNA with my grandfather, with the longest shared block being 17 cM. As a 
result Family Tree DNA is predicting you and my grandfather are 3rd-5th 
cousins. Unfortunately, my grandfather does not know very much about his 
family whatsoever. He knows he was born on 1 June 1927 in Wilhelmshaven, 
Niedersachsen, Germany. He very much considers himself and his family 
East Friesian and he can still communicate in Low German. He knows his 
father was also named Johann Schurmann but he does not remember any 
further details about his father. He knows his mother was Gerhardine 
Wilhelmina Hinrichs and he believes she passed away in Wilhelmshaven in 
1938/1939. He also remembers her father, his maternal grandfather, was 
named Hinrich Hinrichs. That is all the information he remembers about 
his family. I know its a long shot, but do you happen to know of any 
Schurmanns or Hinrichs in your family tree that may be common ancestors 
between you? I also know that you have collaborated with Wiard Hinrichs 
(who my grandfather may be related to) and that you are quite familiar 
with many records from Ostfriesland, so if you know of any information 
from the sources you are familiar with with respect to my grandfather's 
family, could you please share? This has been a longstanding "brick 
wall" in my own genealogy, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for reading all that and I hope to hear from you soon!

Sincerely,
  Michael Savage