Catherine Ryan

Ancestors

Daughter of [private father (unknown - unknown)] and [private mother (unknown - unknown)]

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Biography

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I have always been interested in family stories. I more often refer to myself as a family historian than a genealogist. I like to tell stories. I remember a family reunion in the Gold Country in California. We took a walk up to the local cemetery. I stood behind a row of graves and pointing to the first, said "this is great great grandpa." Jaws dropped. Much of my family had no idea that their ancestors had traveled here in a wagon during the gold rush, then stayed to raise cattle. They had no idea much of that early family was buried in this row of graves behind a little church on a hillside.^[1] I was hooked.

I was also fortunate that my mother and cousin had done research years before me.

Fun Family Facts

I am cousin to 31 presidents ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, Anne Luneman. "Joys and Tears of Yesteryears", 1975
2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:MyConnections&u=13541589&c=US_Presidents

• First-hand information. Entered by Catherine Ryan at registration 13 Jul 2016.

• Birth certificate of Catherine Ryan - certified copy held by Catherine Ryan in Personal Research files.

• Parental relationship confirmed with FamiltyTreeDNA Family Finder test between Ryan and Catherine Ryan predicted parent/child with 3384 cM.

• Parental relationship confirmed with FamiltyTreeDNA Family Finder test between Rahmer and Catherine Ryan predicted parent/child with 3383 cM.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Catherine Ryan, granddaughter of Mary (Nemanic) Rahmer and her second cousins, sisters JR and JR daughters of Jean (Stitch) Rich. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Mark Nemanic and Barbara Nemanic. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 307 cM on 21 segments and 253 cM over 19 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a MyHeritageDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her double 3rd cousin AP, the granddaughter of Lillian (Plut) Somaduroff. Their most-recent common ancestors are Marcus Nemanic and Anna Tezak and George Nemanic, all second great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents of Lillian (Plut) Somaduroff Predicted relationship from MyHeritage: second to third cousin, based on sharing 162 cM across 13 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her first cousin once removed ML, daughter of Katie (Rahmer) Law. Their most-recent common ancestors are Fred Rahmer and Mary (Kloepfer) Rahmer, great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and parents of Katie (Rahmer) Law. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: First to second cousin, based on sharing 458 cM across 24 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin TE, son of Henrietta (Rahmer) Schaefer. Their most-recent common ancestors are Fred Rahmer and Mary (Kloepfer) Rahmer, great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents of Henrietta (Rahmer) Schaefer. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Second cousin, based on sharing 231 cM across 12 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin KO, daughter of Frank Noteman. Their most-recent common ancestors are Fred Rahmer and Mary (Kloepfer) Rahmer, great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents of Frank Noteman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Second cousin, based on sharing 250 cM across 15 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin GG, daughter of Fred Noteman. Their most-recent common ancestors are Fred Rahmer and Mary (Kloepfer) Rahmer, great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents of Fred Noteman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Third cousin, based on sharing 141 cM across 8 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin once removed, MG, daughter of Beulah (Vroman) Kunes. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Schultz and Minnie (Petty) Schultz, second great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents Beulah (Vroman) Kunes. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: second cousins, based on sharing 259 cM across 11 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her half third cousins, siblings JS and DSH, grandchildren of Marian (Tway) Soto. Their most-recent common ancestor is Lydia (Frye) Anderson, great great grandmother of Catherine Ryan and grandparent of Marian (Tway) Soto. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousin and third to fourth cousin, based on sharing 141 cM across 6 segments and based on sharing 113 cM across 7 segments, respectively. Based on the Shared cM Project the expected range is 0-178 with an average of 61.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her first cousin three times removed, APK, daughter of of Hezakiah Petty. Their most-recent common ancestors are Bailey Petty and Elizabeth (Haines) Petty third great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and parents of Hezakiah Petty. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousins, based on sharing 131 cM across 11 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her first cousin twice removed, CC, daughter of George Schultz. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Schultz and Minnie (Petty) Schultz, second great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and parents of George Schultz. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousins, based on sharing 133 cM across 10 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin once removed, AG, son of Gladys (Schultz) Glasgow. Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Schultz and Minnie (Petty) Schultz, second great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and grandparents of Gladys (Schultz) Glasgow. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousins, based on sharing 132 cM across 7 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between between Catherine Ryan and her second cousin once removed, RS, granddaughter of Ray Riggen. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Riggen and Emma (Schultz) Camel, great grandparents of Catherine Ryan and parents of Ray Riggen. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: third cousins, based on sharing 152 cM across 9 segments.