This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bruhn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RQG.2ACEB/13.14.30.45.65.67.75.1.3.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather Bruhn emigrated as a teen in 1888 from Westerhever, S-H along with his younger brother Jakob. So the dates of immigration of the two lines are similar. Both lines also settled in Omaha, NE. However, I requested a trip tick map from Kleve to Westerhever and found that the two are 300+ miles from each other. Inference: The two lines may be related, but we would need more info as to how the separation occurred. Most of the Bruhns in my line were farmers, and most lived within 30 miles of each other, making it unlikely that the lines are closely connected, at least within a few generations. Do you have more info? Arnold Bruhn