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Category: DFA Most Wanted

Weekly spotlights on specific Dillman family groups still needed for the Dillman DNA Project.

DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 42

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A Romanian hatmaker bound for family in Buffalo. No DNA test yet to connect this line to others. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 20

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A candy salesman from Ukraine, likely related to another documented family — a specific hypothesis one DNA test could settle.

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 43

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A WWI German Army veteran whose son became a minister. No DNA connection to other German lines yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 32

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Two brothers, three generations of names recorded back to Trier, but no independent sourcing and no DNA test. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 38

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Born in New York, died a brewer in Berlin — his own parents are the mystery here, not a German origin. No DNA test yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 27

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A saloon keeper named Adam in America and Anton in Germany, with a brother and a documented name change. No DNA test yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 25

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A Royal Navy musician who vanished into a London workhouse while his wife and son sailed to Australia without him. No DNA test yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 28

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Yellow fever, a New Orleans bakery, and two United Fruit Company crewmen — a documented origin, but no DNA test yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 26

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A barber, naturalized in 1888, with a German origin that’s never been narrowed down past ‘Germany.’ No DNA testing yet. Could you be connected?

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DFA Most Wanted: Family Group 30

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The oldest documented line in the database, traced to 1450 — 144 immigrants across three continents, and not one DNA test among them. Could you be connected?

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