This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: METZGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYB.2ACI/525.3.1 Message Board Post: Yes, based on the information that I have, I believe they were brothers. Since I posted my message, I found their parents, Philipp Metzger and Philippine "Phoebe" Schütz. They had sons named Christian and Samuel, who were born about the same time as the Christian and Samuel who later lived in Allen County. Samuel was enumerated in the Allen County censuses living in the household next to Christian. Phoebe went to live with Christian in Allen County for a time after her husband died. And, for what it’s worth, LDS IGI records list Samuel and Christian with the same parents.