Thanks Sonia, I am happy that it has been useful to you. It sure is very interesting history! The JONKER Stamouer summary is a great overview, however for those keen to know a more detail, the Familia 2-2015 article will be well worth getting. It can be ordered from eGGSA or will be received free upon joining as a member - see http://www.eggsa.org/FAQ-membership.htm#goodies - it is great value for money. Regards, Martina Louw. (Brisbane) Message: 6 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 13:31:46 -0400 From: Sonia van Heerden <soniavh11@hotmail.com> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] New Article about JONKER To: "south-africa@rootsweb.com" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BLU168-W87BD9FE137A86602B8483ABBE0@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Martina I am glad that I checked the South African rootsweb page today as I was going to download the Afrikaans version of your article to Google translator to read the story in English, though the translations are not very well done. I have no genealogical interest in the Jonker surname, but the story seemed interesting from what I could see in the recent Familia. So all I had to do was download the English version you had already prepared. Thank you Sonia Tkachuk van Heerden Toronto, Canada > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 07:27:35 +1000 > From: "Em Lo" <mlouw1@bigpond.net.au> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] New article about the origins of the JONKER > progenitor published > To: <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> > Cc: Jaco Strauss <jacostrauss@gmail.com> > Message-ID: <000c01d0a231$f01c0610$d0541230$@bigpond.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I am happy to announce that an in-depth article written by myself and > fellow genealogist Jaco Strauss about the (previously) controversial > origins of the South African JONKER progenitor has just been published > in the GGSA publication Familia [52] 2015-2. > > We believe the debate around Adolph Jonker's origins has now been > settled once and for all by the facts presented in this article. > > We spent a lot of time and effort doing rigorous documentary research, > we also analysed the DNA profiles of two separate lines of descent > from Adolph Jonker and came to the following conclusions: > > . Adolph Jonker was of Indonesian descent in his paternal line > > . Adolph Jonker was the son of free slaves Jonker van Makassar and > Rosetta van Java > > . Jonker van Makassar was not the same person as the so-called > Prince of Ternate, as previously alleged. > > An English summary of our article is available on the Stamouers > website at > http://www.stamouers.com/index.php/stamouers/surnames-h-to-j/231-jonke > r-adol > ph >