Classification Rules
Each data point is assigned to exactly one bucket in each view mode. Assignments are based on surname.
Regional Heritage Cuts
Prussian-German
- Strehlke, Strelke, Pischel, Pueschel, Engler, Seifert, Achendorf, Proch, Gollnik, Guse, Schmidt, Spielmann
Italian
- Bonando, Bonante, Campanelli, Carone, Vitulli, Sarni, Liberto, Solipasso, Della Vedowa, DeBellis, Greco, Passarella
English
- Whitehouse, Coleman, Hollies, Spaulding, Warhurst, Bradley
French-Canadian
- Defoe, De Foe, Dufault, Ouimet, Houymet, Rousseau, Brault, Desrochers, Gagnon, Rossignol, Syre
Irish
- Callely, Mear, Ryan, Murphy, Bourke, Sullivan, Cunningham, Madden, McElveny
Swedish
- Johnson, Johansson, Nilsson, Bark, Backlund, Olsson, Jonasdotter, Nilsdotter, Christensen
Colonial American
- White, Covey, Andrews, Sammis, Applegate, Ames, Phelps, Dunham, Willard, Bordwell, Mixer, Lanphere, Jackson, Osborn, Mack, Brooks, Jessup, Wightman, Mott, Viles, Felps, Hembree, Swingley, Leggett, Bowers, Bowerson, Woodrick, Clouse, Dotson, Willson
Other
- All remaining surnames not classified above, including in-law families (Cantwell, Dreier, Hart, Morgan, Stewart, etc.)
Surname Line Cuts
Each cut traces from a key ancestor who married into the Strehlke line, taking their entire sub-tree:
Strehlke
- Direct patrilineal line + Prussian wives: Strehlke, Strelke, Pischel, Pueschel, Engler, Seifert, Achendorf, Proch, Gollnik, Guse
Bonando / Bonante
- Gloria Bonando's ancestry: Bonando, Bonante, Campanelli, Carone, Vitulli, Sarni, Liberto, Solipasso, Della Vedowa, DeBellis
Whitehouse
- Gwen Whitehouse's ancestry: Whitehouse, Coleman, Hollies, Spaulding
Defoe / Dufault
- Lucy Faith Defoe's ancestry: Defoe, De Foe, Dufault, Ouimet, Houymet, Rousseau, Brault, Desrochers, Gagnon, Rossignol, Syre
Johnson / Johansson
- Shelley's father's ancestry: Johnson, Johansson, Nilsson, Bark, Backlund, Olsson
Callely
- Shelley's mother's ancestry: Callely, Mear
Other