Hi Lori,
My dad George Battle Case and my 5th cousin Nancy Case Wolff's dad, George William
Case are Y 111 matches. Our Case surname goes back at least 250 years in PA. Sadly, our
fathers never met and both have passed on. Nancy primarily began using autosomal DNA
shared matches that were at the edge of confirmability, but we had a few. She noticed
while reviewing these few shared cousins trees they had some surnames in common with each
other, including Kuhns, Eck, Schmidt, Meckler, Adams, and Kehs. Think about that last one
and how it might be spelled??! Kays, Keys, ah Kase or maybe Case? So, through these folks
and their support and cooperation, we found a tree with Kehs in it, from eastern PA,
(Nancy and my tree began in western PA). There was a family that stayed on and thank
goodness had Kehs living males, particularly Martin who was willing to test, his results
were an exact 37 GD-0 match to my Dad and minus 1 to Nancy's. So to your members,
there is also a small chance some of you may tie to this once Case = now Kehs, German
1750's PA lineage too! We would love to find more of you!! So think out of the box,
it may be spelled, in a number of ways!!
Say cheese 📸! In German Kehs = cheese!! Visit FTDNA Case Y Project!!
Best,
Marcia Case
marciacase(a)me.com
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