iSeeAncestors » France http://iseeancestors.com/comm Genealogy Blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Visit with My Third Cousin http://iseeancestors.com/comm/2010/06/03/a-visit-with-my-third-cousin/ http://iseeancestors.com/comm/2010/06/03/a-visit-with-my-third-cousin/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:41:17 +0000 Mike Voisin http://iseeancestors.com/comm/?p=55 [...]]]> While in Florida recently, I was delighted to finally meet Betty-Jane, my third-cousin, once removed. We are both descended from Hubert Yuncker and Barbe Gossé who emigrated from Kirrberg in the Alsace region of France in 1847.

Betty-Jane and Mike

We both were researching our Yuncker family lines. A few years ago we were able to prove we were related and since then we have corresponded frequently and shared a great deal of genealogical information. This proves that genealogy is more than just names and dates.

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