This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brinker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YEG.2ACIB/127.151.161.1 Message Board Post: Hi Larry, We belong to the same family then! (Actually Alfred is a cousin of mine: his father is a brother of my mother). The Johannes Bernhardus Brinker that is your ancestor (and mine), is an illegitimate child, and only his mum's name is known. I made a copy of his birth certificate and marriage certificate in the provincial archives in Zwolle. I you want to know more, mail me.... Yours, Ruud Rutten