Despite an impressive number of documents tracing our Joachim ancestors, Ancestry does not dignify my DNA with any “German” blood. The closest the DNA records identify is “Northwestern Europe”. Perhaps…
My grandfather, Otto Ullrich, took sick in the winter of 1928. He had a bad cold. He may even have had the flu as there were reports of an influenza…
Johann Conrad Joachim was a medical doctor, married and the father of five children. He was my 2nd great grandfather. He and his family emigrated to the United States in…
Imagine learning late in life that your surname is not actually your surname. My Dad always wondered about his last name, Ullrich, because the facts just did not add up. …