Ancestors of the Haner and Luttringhaus Families

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The major family lines are Banks, Becker, Betzer, Bradt, Brown, Cecil, Clark:, Fischer, Glen, Griffen, Haner, Hooley, Howard, Jones, Luttringhaus, Mast, Mathews, Mebie, Schenck, Schneider, Terrell, Troyer, Uzille, van der Burchgraeff, van Dyck, van der Goes, van Ness, van Pelt and Wyckoff.

Many of the surnames that we are looking for are Archer, Banks, Backer, Brown, Cecil, Chambers, Clark, Cutler, Delany, Fischer, Fonger, Griffen, Haner, Henley, Henly, Jones, Kimmel, Luttringhaus, Mathews, Matthews, Mercier, Poivier, Raby, Park, Reichenbach, Roberts, Row, Schauben, Todd, Trever, Trevor and Young.  Any help would be appreciated.

Philip Sheridan Haner, Daisy Estelle Banks and children, 1908

A few words about the connections to the nobility and royalty of Europe and to the Arab states:  The Peter Clausen Wyckoff connection through Holland to the Swedish nobility is a vanity genealogy published in the 1920s and probably not true; however, the path, as well as many other paths in the data base, lead to Oden-Wodin-Wotan and from there to Adam.  These genealogies were devised by early medieval genealogists to prove that kings and other leaders had the �divine right� to rule as they were the direct descendents of (a) god.   When the countries of Europe adopted Christianity, the genealogies were amended to include Adam and one such tree is shown.

 The connection the Arab world is through Zaida (Isabella) in 11^th century Spain, to Mohammad the Prophet  and again, back to Adam. The very interesting and controversial Cathar genealogies of southern France are included.  These include Mary Magdalene�s ancestors and descendents that lead to Adam, and early medieval connections back to Julia Minor, sister of Julius Caesar, that lead to Venus (Aphrodite). I selected Aphrodite over Venus because the Greek goddess is more interesting.  There is a question if Priscilla Mullins� ancestors are noble.

This has been a very interesting and rewarding search, also one must understand that in the various regions, and at certain points in time, genealogy turns into mythology so �buyer beware�. 

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