Family remembrance is that when Harry's mother died the 4 boys were placed in an orphanage, the 1940 census lists Harry/Henry as a Ward at the St. Joseph's Home for Homeless and Industrious Boys
Harry Fischler Jr. served in the United States Navy in World War II Service started: Unit(s): Service ended:
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ6R-43D : 22 May 2020), Henry Fischler, Ward 38, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-1450, sheet 3A, line 4, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3733.
Marriage date: 1945 Marriage place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harry: