Hello Dick, You have directed your inquiry to my personal email address. You need to join the AMREV-HESSIANS mailing list. There is a link on the website. check out the bar at the bottom of all the pages. Please join the list (Its free). I'm forwarding your email on to the list. Hopefully someone will answer your questions there or can direct you to how to research these questions. List - Please direct your responses to both the mailing list and his personal email address. From: [email protected] Thank you SEE MY COMMENTS AT THE BOTTOM FOR HOW TO PROVE WITHOUT A DOUBT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEN. Nelda L. Percival - my websites http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ Administrator of Y-DNA surname projects Gilpin, Cupp, Bonstein Web Mistress for LCRG - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: search Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:20:41 -0800 I’m new to the Hessian website. If I’ve misdirected this inquiry, please point me in the right direction... Thank you, Dick Roppé, Hemet, CA My 4th great grandfather was Simon Ruckert. Simon settled in Lovettsville, VA. His son was Peter Ruckert, born 11 March 1785. Lovettsville was heavily settled by Germans. I am trying to find out if Simon was one of the Hessian soldiers. This is what I have uncovered so far: The following Ruckerts are listed as soldiers from the Ansbach-Bayreuth Regiments- 515 Rückert Johann Michael Gemeiner A I Des Juni 1783 Döckingen 516 Rückert Johann Simon Gemeiner A II Des 15.10.1781 Weipershofen 517 Rückert Peter Gemeiner B II Dezember 1782 In addition to Peter, Simon and his wife had two other boys named Michael and Simon, Jr. Is this just a coincidence? I’m trying to find out, were these three Ruckert boys related, did they all settle in the Lovettsville area, and most importantly were they the Hessian soldiers listed. Is there anyone who can assist me in proving or disproving my thought that Simon was the Hessian from Weipershofen and Simon, Peter and Michael were related? ############################################################################################### COMMENT: If two or more men descended from brother/cousins (Some type of relatedness) test, their Y-STR DNA Markers; the results can be compared to see if they have a common ancestor. It will not tell you who the common ancestor is just that you have one. The genealogy trail is the only way you can identify the name of the common ancestor.