I have several brick walls that I hope to solve using DNA, including several fathers of children born out of wedlock. On other lines, I would love to verify my information using DNA. Unfortunately, DNA testing is not that popular in the Netherlands, so I have many lines without any DNA matches. By offering free DNA kits, I hope to encourage the right people to test.
If you’re a descendant of any of the people listed below or are otherwise related to them, please let me know. Depending on how close the connection is, I may be willing to sponsor a DNA test for you. If you descend from the ancestors below and have already tested, please contact me to discuss our shared DNA (or lack thereof).
Qualifying ancestors
I am particularly interested in descendants of the following people:
- Eva van den Biggelaar (Terheijden, 1862 – Breda 1932)
- Bartholomeus de Bruijn (Terheijden, 1804 – Terheijden, 1850)
- Janna Geertruid Droppers (Winterswijk, 1886 – Almelo, 1967)
- Cornelis Flooren (Teteringen, 1846 – Breda, 1918)
- Adrianus Flooren (Princenhage, 1880 – Princenhage, 1937)
- Jan Gommeren (Etten-Leur, 1839 – Etten-Leur, 1900)
- Maria Gommeren also known as Verstraete (Etten-Leur, 1861 – Breda, 1918)
- Gerardus van den Heuvel (Tilburg, 1853 – Breda, 1918)
- Adriana van der Heijden (Rucphen, 1843 – Rucphen, 1927)
- Hendrik Hoitink (Aalten, 1861 – Winterswijk, 1945)
- Arend Kastein (Suderwick, 1817 – Winterswijk, 1903)
- Willemina Berendina Kastein (Dinxperlo, 1856 – Winterswijk, 1916)
- Adrianus Luijten (Etten-Leur, 1875 – Roosendaal, 1928)
- Jacobus Luijten (Etten-Leur, 1844 – Rucphen, 1928)
- Johannes Marijnissen (Made en Drimmelen, 1864 – Eindhoven, 1943)
- Petrus Marijnissen (Terheijden, 1897 – Breda, 1962)
- Gerrit Jan van Nijkerken (Winterswijk, 1855 – Warnsveld, 1924)
- Johanna Piek (Aalten, 1860 – Winterswijk, 1930)
- Cornelia Platschart (Sint Anna ter Muiden, 1820 – Breda, 1899)
- Maria Cornelia Platschart (Breda, 1861 – Breda, 1912)
- Cornelis Trouw (Etten-Leur, 1858 – Etten-Leur, 1897)
- Adriana Trouw (Etten-Leur, 1891 – Princenhage, 1933)
- Maria Verstraete also known as Gommeren (Etten-Leur, 1861 – Breda, 1918)
- Maria Verstraete (Etten-Leur, 1833 – Etten-Leur, 1920)
- Hendrik Woordes (Winterswijk, 1870 – Winterswijk, 1935)
- Catharina van der Zanden (Loon op Zand, 1851 – Breda, 1930)
About Yvette Hoitink
Hi Yvette, I’m sure we share some common ancestry through my Tilburg ‘Paridaens/Spaendonk’ branches which goes back a long way, but I haven’t pinned anything down. Interestingly, on my Fathers side I have a large number of ancestors in the Borculo, Doetinchem, Lochem, and Zutphen, though nothing from Winterswijk. I have lots of ‘-tink’ surnames, like Lieftink from this region, and to the north into Overijssel, just like your surname ending. You could do a little story on the meaning and coverage of this surname ending in a future newsletter. I already have my own DNA (and my mothers ) on MyHeritage, and GEDMatch.
The Trouw family name is very rare in the USA.
Here is one young musician you might approach and ask her father to test…
Instagram @elisetrouw
https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician-Band/elisetrouwmusic/about/
http://www.elisetrouw.com
Trouw is currently managed by her parents Anne (“I have an art background”) and software engineer Arie.
Thanks for the suggestion. She’s not a descendant of my Trouw great-great-grandfather. I need autosomal DNA up to second cousins to help me sort my matches.
What a terrific idea Yvette! I do not recognise any names but will check the tree tonight just in case. And good luck with this project : )