Monica connected 300 profiles on the Appalachia Roots Team for the January 2025 (XIII) Connect-a-Thon.
I work on both my family line as well as my husband's line. I am a member of the Ohio Genealogical Society, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and the Berks County Genealogical Society.
My maternal line research in the U.S. is mainly located in Kansas, California, and New Jersey. My paternal line research in the U.S. is mainly located in Ohio and Pennsylvania. My German lines on both sides are Volga Germans, Transylvania-Saxon Germans, and other German locations. My Portuguese line is firmly rooted in the Azores Islands, Portugal.
My husband's maternal line and paternal line research in the U.S. is mainly in New York and Pennsylvania. His maternal grandmother's line goes back to Bohemia (Czech).
Monica (Rienerth) Palmer has German roots in the area now known as Transilvania, Romania
Monica (Rienerth) Palmer has roots in the region now known as Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Monica (Rienerth) Palmer has roots in the region now known as Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Monica (Rienerth) Palmer has roots in the Azores Islands, Portugal
Monica (Rienerth) Palmer has Appalachian roots, in Ohio.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Monica (Rienerth) Palmer and Anonymous (Rienerth) O'Maker, her first cousin once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors areGeorge Rienerth and Regina Konnerth, the great grandfather of Monica (Rienerth) Palmer and grandparents of Anonymous (Rienerth) O'Maker. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin 1x Removed, based on sharing 524 cM across 20 segments. Monica is the daughter of Living Rienerth who is the grandson of the common ancestors George Rienerth & Regina Konnerth. (Rienerth-1 22:15, 10 June 2024 (UTC))
Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal Family Tree DNA test match between Monica (Rienerth) Palmer and K.L., her daughter (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from Family Tree DNA: Parent, based on sharing 3537 cM across 23 segments.
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