Caitlin Gerarden
Honor Code SignatorySigned 2 Dec 2018 | 7,401 contributions | 131 thank-yous | 619 connections
Signed 2 Dec 2018 | 7,401 contributions | 131 thank-yous | 619 connections
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Here is my family tree.
Feel free to reach out anytime, I enjoy finding connections with people :)
with
cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy.
Here is my family tree.
Feel free to reach out anytime, I enjoy finding connections with people :)
I am a huge fan of genetic genealogy and find it extremely helpful. I am excited to see how much it grows in the future.
Currently working on: Sprucing up some old profiles in my tree.
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Caitlin Gerarden
Born 2000s.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
[private brother (2000s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2018
This page has been accessed 6,084 times.
About me
I was born in Wisconsin, United States. I was introduced to genealogy in 2017, when I had to do a genealogy project at school. Thanks to my family for keeping records, I was able to build off it and started to look online. I enjoyed learning where my family came from and kept researching afterwards. I stumbled across WikiTree shortly after.
Gerarden Name
The surname Gerarden has its origin in Wisconsin. Joseph Girardin had at two sons who changed their surnames from Girardin to Gerarden. The sons, Augustin and Moses, had migrated from Quebec and eventually found their way to Wisconsin.
Some descendants of Joachim Girard began to spell their names as Girardin and later some evolved into surnames such as Gerard, Gerarden, Jeardoe, and Durard. The origin of Girard is French; derived from the Germanic personal names Gerard which translates to spear brave or from Gerald which translates to spear rule.[1] Gerarden is a rare surname. In 2014, Gerarden only had 128 incidences in the United States. The highest Density of the surname was in Wisconsin, followed by Washington and California and few living in 11 other states.[2]
Ethnicity By Tree
| Ethnicity | Region | Total of 9 generations | Percent |
| German | Pommern and Posen, Prussia | 48/256 | 18.75% |
| Irish | Monaghan county, Ireland | 48/256 | 18.75% |
| Finnish | South Ostrobothnia, Finland | 32/256 | 12.50% |
| Danish | Zealand Region, Denmark | 32/256 | 12.50% |
| Dutch | North Brabant, Netherlands | 32/256 | 12.50% |
| English | Kent, Westmorland, Cumberland and Yorkshire counties, England | 24/256 | ≈9.38% |
| Cornish | Cornwall county, England | 24/256 | 6.25% |
| French | Quebec and France | 12/256 | ≈4.69% |
| Ashkenazi | Germany/Poland | 8/256 | ≈3.13% |
| Ojibwe | Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, USA | 2/256 | ≈0.78% |
| German? | Unknown | 2/256 | ≈0.78% |
AncestryDNA (May 2023)
| Region | Subregion | Percent |
| Ireland | None Given | 30% |
| Germanic Europe | None Given | 16% |
| Finland | Western Finland: (Southern Ostrobothnia, Northern Satakunta,and Northern Pirkanmaa), (Central and West South Ostrobothnia), (Satakunta, Pirkanmaa and Southern Ostrobothnia), (North western Pirkanmaa and South Ostrobothnia), (Central Southern Ostrobothnia), (South Southern Ostrobothnia) | 13% |
| Sweden and Denmark | None Given | 13% |
| Scotland | None Given | 9% |
| Eastern Europe and Russia | None Given | 7% |
| Wales | None Given | 7% |
| England and Northwestern Europe | Devon and Cornwall, England: Kerrier, Cornwall | 3% |
| European Jewish | None Given | 2% |
FamilyTreeDNA (Oct 2020)
| Region | Percent |
| Central Europe | 43% |
| Ireland | 34% |
| Greece and Balkans | 10% |
| Finland | 9% |
| East Slavic | 4% |
mtDNA Haplogroup
Wh1 - Oldest known maternal ancestor: Anna Rebekah Kohn (1875, Midwest, United States. Parents listed on census from Germany/Poland)
Y-DNA (Father's) Haplogroup
R-M269 - Oldest known paternal ancestor: Marin Girard (abt. 1575, Normandie, France)
Sources
- ↑ The Internet Surname Database. “Girard.” Last Name: Girard, The Internet Surname Database, 2017, www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Girard.
- ↑ Forebears. Gerarden Surname Distribution, Forebears, 2014, forebears.io/surnames/gerarden.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her father. Relationship; M. Gerarden is your father. M. Gerarden shares 3,436 cM across 72 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Paternal grandfather relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her grandfather L Gerarden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Predicted relationship from ancestry: Close family - 1st cousins, based on sharing 1,641 cM across 46 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Paternal grandmother relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her grandmother S Gerarden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Close family - 1st cousins, based on sharing 1,800 cM across 53 segments: Confidence: Extremely High.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her second cousin once removed Linda Richardson . Their most-recent common ancestors are Caitlin's second great grandparents (Linda's great grandparents), Thomas Richardson and Louisa D. Hocking. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd - 4th cousins, based on sharing 176 cM across 12 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- GEDmatch predicts that the estimated number of generations to MRCA between Caitlin Gerarden and Linda Richardson is 3.1
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her mother. Relationship; N. Gerarden is your mother. N. Gerarden shares 3,435 cM across 81 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- Maternal grandfather relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her grandfather Terry Wollin. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Predicted relationship from ancestry: Close family - 1st cousins, based on sharing 1,856 cM across 43 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- GEDmatch predicts that the estimated number of generations to MRCA between Caitlin Gerarden and Terry Wollin is 1.5
- Maternal grandfather relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Caitlin Gerarden and her grandmother Cheryl Ontto. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Predicted relationship from ancestry: Close family - 1st cousins, based on sharing 1,587 cM across 41 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
- GEDmatch predicts that the estimated number of generations to MRCA between Caitlin Gerarden and Cheryl Wollin is 1.6
Acknowledgements
- I would like to give a big thank you to my relatives for sharing all of your hard work and records so that I could grow this tree. Without you, I would not have had anywhere to start.
- Little Chute Historical Society Genealogy Database, which holds a free family tree for people of Little Chute, Wisconsin.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Caitlin's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:
- Caitlin Gerarden: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup W1h, FTDNA kit #B653006
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100.00%
100.00%
Caitlin Gerarden:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CH1541751 [compare], yourDNAportal CAI59ce2074, Ancestry member ngerarden
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B653006
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~1.56%
Linda Richardson
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A363158 [compare], Ancestry member Lr_handot
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A363158 [compare], FTDNA kit #B377416
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