Mark Griep

Ancestors

Son of Roland Griep and Jeanne (Danley) Griep

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Biography

Mark was born in 1959 to Roland Griep and Jeanne Danley. He has been a family historian since age 13 in 1972.

In 1981, Mark married Marjorie Mikasen.

1981 BS Biochemistry The University of Minnesota

1986 PhD Biochemistry The University of Minnesota

1986 to 1990 Postdoctoral Research at the University of Colorado Health Science Center

Since 1990, Mark has been a professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Early University of Nebraska Chemistry Faculty

1. Gilbert Ellis Bailey (Univ Nebr, 1874-1877)
2. Hiram Collier (Univ Nebr, 1876-1880)
3. Alonzo Henry Collin (Univ Nebr, 1881-1882)
4. Hudson Henry Nicholson (Univ Nebr, 1882-1905)
5. Rachel Abbie (Holloway) Lloyd (Univ Nebr, 1887-1895)
6. Rosa Bouton (Univ Nebr, 1893-1912)
7. John White (Univ Nebr, 1893-1903)
8. Samuel Avery (Univ Nebr, 1896-1935)
9. Mary Louise Fossler (Univ Nebr, 1898-1919)
10. Benton Dales (Univ Nebr, 1903-1918)
11. Clarence Jackson Frankforter (Univ Nebr, 1909-1955)
12. George Borrowman (Univ Nebr, 1916-1918)
13. Fred Wilbert Upson (Univ Nebr, 1918-1939)
14. Horace Grove Deming (Univ Nebr, 1918-1950)
15. Denton Jacobs Brown (Univ Nebr, 1918-1950)
16. Bernard Clifford Hendricks (Univ Nebr, 1918-1952)
17. Theos Jefferson Thompson (Univ Nebr, 1918-1954)
18. Roscoe Conklin Abbott (Univ Nebr, 1918-1955)
19. Ernest Anderson (Univ Nebr, 1920-1923)
20. Cliff Struthers Hamilton (Univ Nebr, 1923-1957)
21. Bozetech Chestmir Bren (Univ Nebr, 1926-1928)
22. Edward Roger Washburn (Univ Nebr, 1926-1967)
23. William Henry Adolph (Univ Nebr, 1927-1929)
24. Herbert Armin Pagel (Univ Nebr, 1927-1965)
25. Mary Louise Morse (Univ Nebr, 1929-1933)

First Four Women to become members of the American Chemical Society

1. Rachel Littler Bodley (Woman's Med Coll Penn faculty member, 1861-1888) ACS Member in 1876
2. Rachel Abbie (Holloway) Lloyd ACS Member in 1891 (Univ Nebr faculty member, 1887-1895)
3. Rosa Bouton ACS Member in 1893 (Univ Nebr faculty member, 1893-1912)
4. Mary Louise Fossler ACS Member in 1898 (Univ Nebr faculty member, 1898-1919)

Early Chemistry Students at the University of Nebraska, by date of earliest degree

1. George Bell Frankforter, 1886 BA, 1888 MA (first man to earn bachelor's; first man to earn master's)
2. Henry Elton Fulmer, 1887 BA, 1889 MA
3. Rosa Bouton, 1888 BA, 1893 MA (first woman to earn bachelor's; first woman to earn master's)
4. Henry Bruce Duncanson, 1890 BS, 1894 MA
5. Rolland Stanton Bulla, 1893 BS
6. Frank DeWitt Eager, 1893 BS
7. The three Gray sisters earned BS degrees - Vesta in 1893, Etta in 1895, and Helen in 1909
8. Samuel Avery, 1892 BS, 1894 MA,
9. Jesse Bradford Becher, 1894 BS, 1896 MA
10. Mary Louise Fossler, 1894 BA, 1898 MA
11. Robert Silver Hiltner, 1894 BS, 1896 MA
12. Edward Everett Nicholson, 1894 BS, 1896 MA
13. Edward Charles Elliott, 1895 BS, 1897 MA
14. Howard Coon Parmelee, 1897 BS, 1899 MA
15. Adaline Quaintance, 1899 BA; department's first Chemical Storeroom Clerk
16. Mariel Clapham Gere, 1899 MA
17. Benton Dales, 1899 MA
18. Yasujuro Nikaido, 1899 MA (first non-European to earn master's)
19. Hal Trueman Beans, 1899 BS, 1900 MA
20. Frances Louise Long, 1906 BS (plant chemistry research at Carnegie's Alpine Laboratory in Manitou, Colorado)
21. Rachel (Corr) Maiben, 1906 MA
22. Mildred Amy (Parks) Borrowman, 1907 MA
23. Stella Hartzell, 1907 MA
24. George Borrowman, 1907 MA, 1916 PhD (first man to earn doctorate)
25. John Bennett Whelan, 1908 MA
26. Milo Reason Daughters, 1909 MA
27. Oscar Leonard Barneby, 1909 MA
28. Robert Melyne Isham, 1910 MA
29. Jessie Eugenia McCallum, 1911 MA
30. Samuel Arthur Mahood, 1911 MA
31. Otto Wiese, 1912 MA
32. Joseph William Tobiska, 1913 MA
33. Ellis Ingham Fulmer, 1913 MA
34. Garland Edison Lewis, 1913 MA
35. William Kirk, 1914 MA
36. Earl Fiske Walker, 1914 MA
37. Burton Leroy Jacobs, 1914 MA
38. Edna Emma Miller, 1915 MA
39. Lindon Lamar Lynch, 1916 MA
40. Harold J Stockman, 1916 BA, 1919 MA; Chemistry Stores clerk
41. Maude Cheuvront was a chemistry major who didn't earn a degree; became the Chemistry Secretary (1918-1930) and then Librarian (1930-1939)

Early Chemistry Group Photos

• Photo of the 1907 Chemistry Club identifies 17 out of 18 people
• Photo of 1914 Iota Sigma Pi Nitrogen Chapter Charter Members identifies all 9 women

First Four Women to earn Chemistry PhDs from the University of Nebraska

1. Lila Sands, 1920 MS Univ Nebr Chemistry, 1924 PhD Univ Nebr (first woman to earn doctorate; Department's eighth doctorate); Univ Arizona Chemistry Professor (1924-1956)
2. Eleanor Omer (later Denton), 1933 MS Univ Nebr Chemistry, 1936 PhD Univ Nebr (second woman to earn doctorate); 1940 BS Library Science Univ Illinois
3. Helen Chien-fan Su, 1951 MS Univ Nebr Chemistry, 1953 PhD Univ Nebr (tied for third woman to earn doctorate)
4. Marjorie DeBrunner, 1951 MS Univ Nebr Chemistry, 1953 PhD Univ Nebr (tied for third woman to earn doctorate)

Other notable profiles I've helped create

• Joseph Maffre, my wife's 3X great grandfather, a musician whose life took him to Corsica, Britain, Ireland, and Canada during the Napoleonic and early Victorian eras. He was the leading musician in 1840s Montreal.
• Thomas Jackson, who wrote "Narrative of the Eventful Life of Thomas Jackson" in 1847 about his life in the British Militia and Army during the Napoleonic era [1]
• Selina (Price) Hall, was an early woman map engraver in London
• David Scattergood, was a wood engraver in Philadelphia
• Lucina (Matteson) Sperry, my 3X great grandmother whose photo was taken in 1853 when she was 75 years old.
• Jacob Andra was an early citizen of Lincoln, Nebraska, who dug a beer storage cave that is known today as Robber's Cave
• Augustus Koch created over 100 Bird's Eye Views of Cities, including two for LIncoln, Nebraska
• Martin Schmidt, my 2X great grandfather whose life was documented with a few really good photographs
• Theophile Bruguier is considered the founder of Sioux City, Iowa, who married two daughters of War Eagle and had fourteen children
• Adelaide Smith wrote "Reminiscences of an Army Nurse during the Civil War" in 1911
• Enza Zeller was an actress, director, and antiques dealer in St. Paul, Minnesota. She designed the home at 1242 Osceola in St. Paul.
• Elsie Day, 1908 Univ Nebr BS in Botany, Chemistry, and Zoology, then Instructor of Pharmacognosy and Manager of the Drug Garden
• Dr. Rufus Lyman, founding Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy
• Flavia (Waters) Champe was a dancer and dance teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Virgil Homer Young was an early Lincoln photographer, from about 1875 to 1877
• James Sweet was the first banker in Nebraska City and Lincoln who built Sweet's Block, the first stone building in Lincoln
• Alexis Jean Fournier was an early Minnesota landscape painter that my parents really liked
• Maud (Headline) Mellish Wilson founded the Mayo Clinic Library and was founding editor of Collected Papers by the Staff of St Mary’s Hospital Mayo Clinic.
• Emma (Ashdown) Manchester received 42 Civil War photos, 2 bonnets and 1 needle case from Dr. Hettie (Kersey) Painter] that are now in the History Nebraska archives
• Manoah Reese; Mining Project with Hudson Nicholson; Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Nicholas Richard Brewer was an early Minnesota landscape painter that my parents really liked
• Adelloyd (Whiting) Williams kept a scrapbook of photos from her undergraduate years at the University of Nebraska that her family donated to the University of Nebraska. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
• Dr. Pauline (Nutter) Doryland was a professor in the chemistry department at the University of Nebraska from 1945 to 1976.
• Wadsworth Wheelock became the proprietor of a dry goods store in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1855. He and his wife had four sons who worked at the shop, and then later opened branches of the family crockery business in South Bend (Charles in 1877), Peoria (Charles in 1887), and Rockford (Arthur in 1888). Charles was the first to produce souvenir china in 1894.
• John Herman Roth became a salesman for Charles Wheelock in 1894 when they began producing souvenir china and then formed his own company in 1909
• William Willcox was an architect who designed the second Nebraska State Capitol and the University of Nebraska's Chemical Laboratory
• Frederick Emerson White was a carpenter who moved to Arizona Territory in about 1877. In the 1890s, he ran the F. E. White Cactus factory in Tempe. In 1906, he married and moved to Florence where he ran the Arizona Cactus factory, and sold his goods in The Cactus Shop.
• Clara (Bewick) Colby was among the first women to take law classes at University of Wisconsin and was a prominent member of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association, and the National Association.
• Ada (Cole) Bittenberger was a Nebraska lawyer (the first woman admitted to the Nebraska Bar) and active member of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association.
• Mary Eliza (Smith) Hayward was a Nebraska Retail Merchant and active member of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association.
• Dr. Freeda Lankton was a Nebraska homeopathic physician who supported many philanthropies and organizations
• Rev. Mary (Garard) Andrews was a minister for Baptist and then Universalist Churches
• Major Henry Clay McArthur was a Civil War Veteran and Drug Store owner in Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado
• Ephraim Clements and Howard Andrews ran one of the earliest professional photograph studios in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Lemuel Scoggin ran the first hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska
• T.O. Haas founded T.O. Hass Tire company in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Dwight Shepler Naval watercolorist during WWII and travel posters after the war
• Mary Elizabeth Wallace
• Ernest Clement Inglis was post master and mayor of Foster, Quebec; he and his wife had a summer cottage on Inglis Island at Sally's Pond, near Knowlton
• Thalassa Cruso hosted a television show in the US titled "Making Things Grow" in the 1960s
• Charles and Kegham Giragosian who founded the Chicken Unlimited franchise in Chicago in 1964
• George S. Clason co-founded Clason Map Co that published the first road map of the US in 1923, and authored "The Richest Man in Babylon" in 1930
• Elizabeth Honor Dolan was a muralist located in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Martha (DeArnold) McKelvie wrote about 25 articles for Motion Picture Magazine (most were interviews with movie stars) from 1915 to about 1920, her husband was lieutenant governor and then governor of Nebraska between 1913 and 1923, and she wrote about 18 novels between 1960 and 1976.

Advertising, Souvenir, and Other Items in my Collection

• David Evans and John Glasson ran Cambrian Pottery in Swansea from 1850 to 1862; red & white transferware plate
• Nathaniel Baillie received a pass in 1868 on the Winona & St. Paul Railroad signed by John Wilson Sprague
• Fred Schmidt; Dry Goods Store in Lincoln, Neb.; trading card for Hennings Corsets; 1883
• Fred Gardner, George E. Thompson, Richard O'Neill, Clara Lydia (Perry) Reese, and Henry Herpolsheimer photo in front of two luxury goods stores next to tall building labeled Herpolsheimer in Lincoln; the luxury stores were Thompson Watchmaker & Optician and Mrs. Reese's Millinery & Notions; the tall building was the first location of one of Lincoln's earliest department stores, Herpolsheimer's; 1883
• Alden Sampson; Drug store in Woonsocket, So. Dak.; souvenir creamer with image of artesian well; about 1888
• Max Meyer; Max Meyer & Brothers store in Omaha, Neb.; token for the Grand Island Sugar Exposition in 1890
• [[Hickox-828|Kasson Hickox (aka H. H. Kasson); Kasson was the predominant photographer in Excelsior Springs, Mo., from about 1886 to about 1907; souvenir dish of Regent Spring; about 1890
• Ange-François "Angelo" Mariani; Vin Mariana bottle; after 1893
• William FitzGerald; FitzGerald's Dry Goods in Lincoln, Neb.; souvenir plates with image of Nebraska Wesleyan; second plate with image of University of Nebraska; 1894
• Jesse and Ammi ran Follett Bros. Store in Sherburn, Minnesota; scalloped dish showing Fox Lake picnic grounds; about 1895
• Joseph Gonder Hiestand ran souvenir shops on the top of Pikes Peak and in Manitou Springs, Colorado; souvenir plate with image of Balanced Rock from Garden of the Gods; about 1895
• Edward E. Bennett and Mark H. Tilton; Wisconsin Furniture and Coffin Company wholesale store in Lincoln, Neb.; oak gate leg square table from the 1890s
• Claus F. Haack; Grand Island grocery store; souvenir plate with image of Sugar Factory; 1899
• Thomas Jefferson Walker; Jewelry shop in Eureka Springs, Ark.; souvenir plate showing Crescent Hotel and Kern's Chapel; about 1900
• Albert Huntsman; Drug Store in Hebron, Neb.; souvenir plate showing Hebron High School; about 1900
• William Harvey Frame; Grocery Store in Hebron, Neb.; souvenir plate showing Hebron High School; about 1900
• Charles Cotting; Drug Store in Red Cloud, Neb.; sample size embossed bottle, about 1900
• Albert E. Small; Hardware store in Crete, Neb.; souvenir plate showing Crete's Main Street
• John Emmet Cooper; Cooper's Bargain House in Lincoln, Neb.; souvenir plate with image of University of Nebraska Main Building; October 1900
• William Edward Hook; Photographer who ran a "View, Book, and Stationery" store in Colorado Springs, Colo.; souvenir plate of the Gateway for Garden of the Gods; 1900 to 1903
• William Mitchem and David Symes; Mitchem & Symes Department Store in Albia, Iowa; souvenir china cup with image of Albia's Main Stree West Side Businesses; about 1902
• Fred Charles Ewing; Drug store in Glenwood Springs, Colo.; souvenir plate showing four men in full body bathing suits on an island in the middle of a pool of water; 1901 to 1903. His wife, Emily Cardnell, was born in New Mexico Territory where her father was searching for diamonds.
• Andrew Myron Peterson; Department Store in Plainview, Neb.; souvenir plate shows a street scene; 1901 to 1903
• Lawrence Randall; The Department Store in Holdrege, Nebr.; souvenir plate showing the 1904 Holdrege Jubilee and Fair
• George Hubbell; The Leader Spot Cash Department Store in Neodesha, Kas.; souvenir plate showing the Oil Tank Farm completed in 1904
• Thomas Mountain Lybass; Lybass hardware store in Fort Myers, Florida; souvenir cup showing the Royal Palm Hotel built by Hugh O'Neill of New York City; 1905 to 1907
• Nathan Cohen; The Fair department store in Waupaca, Wis.; souvenir plate showing the Grand View Hotel on Rainbow Lake
• Harry Olney Sheldon; jeweler and optician in Bottineau, North Dakota; souvenir pitcher in light blue glaze with photo of a boat dock on Lake Metigoshe
• Joseph Charles Cartwright; Racket store in Rocky Ford, Colo.; souvenir plate showing three cantaloupes; 1902 to 1908
• Max Egge; Jewelry shop in Grand Island, Neb.; souvenir pewter cup with images of six buildings; 1903
• Francis J. Torrance General Manager of Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co. in Pittsburgh, Pa.; sales sample of "Lenox" Lavatory; about 1903
• Bruno Kostka Drug Store Owner, Lincoln, Neb.; embossed medicine bottle; about 1906
• Arthur Osgood Stevens; real estate developer in Arnolds Park in the Lake Okoboji area; small plate with photo of a man in a canoe near Fort Dodge Point;
• Mary (Hennessy) Jack and husband David Jack; General Merchandise store in Peru, Neb.; demitasse cup and saucer with image of Peru Normal School; 1908
• Berton Edmond Reeves; veterinary surgeon in Lincoln, Neb.; glass dose cup; about 1909
• George Wilhelm Voss; Coal and lumber merchant in Lincoln, Neb.; flue cover with image of boy and cows in winter; about 1909
• John A. Simons; Simons Bros. Bazaar in Montevideo, Minn.; souvenir plate showing a pioneer cabin that is probably Gippe Cabin in Chippewa City; about 1909
• The Zack Brothers, Jacob and Morris; Men's Furnishings in Kansas City; small souvenir vase with image of steamboats on the Missouri River; 1909
• Clarence Adams; Furniture and undertaking store in Gunnison, Colo.; souvenir plate showing The Palisades rock formation; about 1910
• Carwin Elwick; C. L. Elwick Bottling Works in Lincoln, Neb.; green glass bottle; about 1910
• John Louis Klika; Drug Store in Maricopa, Cal.; souvenir plate showing oil rigs reflected in a lake of oil; about 1911
• Abraham Lincoln Schmidlap; Novelty store in Fort Morgan, Colo.; souvenir creamer with image of Beet Sugar Factory; about 1913
• Frank Weaver; Omaha Lawyer; first President of Carter Lake Club in 1912 and presided for four years; Carter Lake Club oval dish
• Alpheus Marshall Howard; Drug store in Excelsior Springs, Mo.; souvenir mug with image of Regent Spring pagoda from 1906, large plate with image of The Elms from 1912, creamer and small plate with image of The Elms hotel; 1913.
• Harry Clive Lookabaugh; Oklahoma Cattle Breeder; souvenir paperweight of prize-winning shorthorn Isabella; about 1914
• Robert Lee Bates; Bates Grocery Store in Excelsior Springs, Mo.; souvenir plates of Siloam Spring and Siloam Gardens; about 1915
• David Ewing; Ewing Products Company in Lincoln, Neb.; Ewing's Kutzit Soap Paste can; 1920
• Brother and sister, William and Lillian Bergman; Bergman's Variety Store in Wahpeton, N. Dak.; souvenir dish featuring the Science School, now North Dakota State College of Science
• William Shively Fisher; President of Enterprise Foundry in Sackville, New Brunswick; Cast iron pig advertising ash tray; 1922
• Brothers-in-law Henry Beal and Edward Kennedy; Beal & Kennedy Grocery Store in Lincoln, Neb.; advertising image of water scene from the forest's edge; about 1923
• John Boyle; Boyle's Meat Market in Paxton, Neb.; advertising image of waterfalls; about 1926
• Earl LeRoy Coryell sold heating oil, gasoline, and lubricants in Lincoln, Neb.; button from his 14th & N Street service station, which opened in 1927
• John Witt; Witt Milling & Grain Co. in Potter, Neb.; advertising print; about 1928
• James Richard Howell built Nancy Lincoln Inn in Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1928; souvenir creamer with image of Lincoln's birthplace cabin
• Claude Verry built Placer Inn cafe in Idaho Springs, Colorado, in 1929; serving dish with Placer Inn logo
• Brothers Arthur Struebing and Chris Struebing; Hauling company in Rising City, Neb.; advertising thermometer with image of braying elk; about 1931
• J. Fred Dirks; Corner Hardware in Hawarden, Iowa; advertising print; about 1931
• Otto Arndt and Reinhardt Kanter; Palace Meat Market in Brillion, Wisc.; advertising print of the forest's edge; early 1930s
• William Malovec; Farm implement store in David City, Neb.; advertising print; 1930s
• William Vanderkolk; Golden Rod Department Store in David City, Neb.; advertising image of deer in winter near a stream; about 1934 to 1950
• Louis Hagen; Farmers Equity Elevator in Montevideo, Minn.; advertising mirror of two hunters and an elk; about 1935
• Dwight Lyman; Sand company in Omaha, Neb.; Sand bag paperweight; 1935 to 1940
• The Anhorn Cousins - Andrew, Arthur, and John; Mower County Oil in Austin, Minn.; advertising image of cowboy and campfire; about 1940
• Gertrude (Reeves) Baden; moulded bear inside wooden crate; knick knack sent through US Mail in 1941
• James and Blanche Merryman; gasoline filling station in Shickley, Neb., advertising mirror with image of flying pheasant; about 1941
• Julius Cayo; diorama of painted carved polar bear in front of non-polar landscape; patented 1941
• Halstead Williamson; Scotland Creamery in Scotland, So. Dak.; advertising image of Yosemite's Merced River and El Capitan; about 1942
• Brothers Abram, Walter, Edward, and Bernard Schimmel managed hotels; transparent glass tumbler; about 1942
• William Meier and wife Elizabeth (Rohrer) Meier; Cheese Factories in Folsom and Soldiers Grove, Wisc.; advertising mirror with image of doe and fawn by the water's edge; about 1945
• Verden McIntyre; McIntyre Funeral Homes in St. Paul and Wolbach, Neb.; advertising thermometer of silhouette and print ducks lifting off from pond
• Loyd Hendrick and wife Clara (Niemeyer) Hendrick; Hendricks Cream Station in Beaver City, Neb.; advertising calendar with image a man fishing in Glacier National Park's Lake Josephine; 1948
• Vivian (Reid) Stanfill and husband Ken Stanfill; Gray Mountain Inn, north of Flagstaff, Arizona; Kachina Room creamer; about 1950
• Lyle Christensen; Christensen's Tavern in Gray, Iowa.; advertising print of two people in a canoe; about 1952
• Bus Ashcraft; purchasing "all classes of hogs" in Clearwater, Neb.; advertising mirror of buck and ducks; about 1952
• Eugene Holmgren; Holmgren's Coast to Coast Hardware Store; advertising trivet with rooster and sunrise theme
• Harold Haberman and Dorothy (Oxley) Haberman; Haberman Produce and Hatchery in Sutton, Neb.; advertising mirror; about 1953
• Earl Manning and sons Dick and Tom; Manning Grain Co. in Burress, Neb.; advertising mirror of a hunted moose; about 1953
• Brothers-in-law Charles Hoferer and John Rehder; Hoferer & Rehder Plymouth Dealers in Creighton, Neb.; advertising image of horseman near a lake; 1950s
• Lenore (Fuller) McClara and Boyd McClara; The Covered Wagon souvenir store, gas station, and restaurant near Kearney, Neb.; plaster mounted buffalo head; early 1950s
• John Zick ran Zick's Grocery market in Denver, Colo. and his brother Leonard Zick ran a hotel, cafe, and market in Grand Lake, Colo; Zick's advertising mountain scene; 1950s
• Bert Skappel; Bert's Place in Dassel, Minn.; advertising mirror with image of fish caught on a line; 1950s or 1960s
• George Henline and wife Mazie (Shifflett) Henline; The Wigwam souvenir shop in Atlanta, Neb.; plastic mounted deer head; 1950s or 1960s
• Raymond Lux; Crookston Grain Elevator in Crookston, Neb.; advertising image of man in canoe; 1954
• Amil Kubat; Kubat Drug Store in Omaha, Neb. advertising scene of three bear cubs; about 1960
• Wayne Vawser and wife Adeline (Wiley) Vawser; Vawser's Bar in Bassett, Neb.; deck of cards with image of deer in winter; about 1965

Sources

• Mark Griep's webpage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln .

Genetic Genealogy

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Mark Griep and Jeanne (Danley) Griep, son and mother. Predicted relationship from 23andMe is mother and son, based on mitochondrial and autosomal DNA (50.0% shared over 23 segments).
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an Oxford Ancestors (oxfordancestors.com) test match between Mark Griep and Roland Griep, son and father. Oxford Ancestors identified both males as having I1* Y haplotype, now called I-M253. A FamilyTreeDNA test of 111 YDNA markers confirmed that the haplotype is I-M253.