was Ralf Wisemiller illegitimate nephew (or son?) of Edith Pearl (Wisemiller) Kenzler?

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Edith Pearl Wisemiller was married in 1909 to Walter George Kenzler, and the 1910 Census shows them with a "nephew" named Ralf Wisemiller (age 2).  It says his father was born in Missouri and his mother born in Nebraska.  None of her brothers would match that.  Edith Pearl and her sister Carrie were born in Nebraska, so I suspect Ralf was an illegitimate son of one of them.  So which seems more likely: (1) Ralf Wisemiller was illegitimate son of sister Carrie Wisemiller (and thus truly a nephew); or (2) illegitimate son (born before Edith Pearl's marriage) of Edith Pearl Wisemiller herself (and Ralf was really Walter Kenzler's stepson, not nephew), perhaps calling him nephew to help cover up the illegitimacy.  In any case, Ralf Wisemiller became Ralph Kenzler after the 1910 Census.  Weblink to 1910 Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1Y-7DY 

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