Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between K Yager and Eugene Rettig, her first cousin, 2x removed (son of Westley Burrell Rettig). Their MRCAs are her great-great-grandparents / his grandparents, Francis Burrell and Sarah Braley. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 232 cM across 11 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K93P-39B : 14 March 2018), Eugene Rettig in household of Wesley Rettig, Area H, Spokane, Spokane City, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-97, sheet 61B, line 71, family 294, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4387.
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