Susanna Auge (1809-1887) was born on 19 April in Philadelphia, PA. She lived her whole life in Windsor Township, Berks County. She married Reuben Shiffert in 1830, and their child Elisabeth Henriette eventually became my grandmother's grandmother! So Susanna is my third-great-grandmother. Today's tie design shows the interweaving (or thatching) of blue, brown, black, white, silver and gold stripes, representing the wild mixture of DNA in my family heritage -- Auge, Shiffert, Schappell, Dreibelbis, Kleppinger (just on my father's side!). Each of us humans has 16 third-great-grandmothers; each of your third-great-grandparents has contributed about 3% of your DNA.
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