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The lineage provided here is probable, firmly based on DNA and a cousin's family records. (More research is needed.) An AncestryDNA match to CL (living) (64 cMs, 4 segments) proves my relatedness to her great grandfather Ernest Tiegs b. Jun 1872 in Schmiedefeld, Sachsen, Preusen. Ernest's father is Adolf Tigges [WEB:]https://doriswheeler.org/p292.htm#i8734[:WEBwho brought his family from Germany to New York in 1880. Adolf’s parents were Wilhelm and Dorothee Jaensch Tiegs [WEB:]https://doriswheeler.org/p292.htm#i8731.[:WEB

Information from another source suggests that my Henry Tigges was the first son of Henry William Tigges b. 1827, possible brother of Wilhelm, b. 1803 [WEB:]https://doriswheeler.org/p31.htm#i921.[:WEBPerhaps his first wife, Henry’s mother , died young and he emigrated to New Jersey, leaving my Henry behind. If so, our common ancestor wasJohann H. Tiegs [WEB:]https://doriswheeler.org/p279.htm#i8370.:WEB DNA matches to Jaensch, however, lend credence to our Henry being the son of Wilhelm and Dorothee Jaensche Tiegs.