This is part two of a story that I started yesterday. Much thanks to Rachel LePera for forwarding information to me. I received an email from a woman named Peggy, claiming that her son may be a part of the Hillanbrand family. Could I assist in this determination. I won't go into a long dissertation of our emails back and forth. Suffice to say, the story, in a synopsis, went like this: A young girl was born in Philadelphia, on December 23, 1916 by the name of Irene Clara Rittersbach. At the age of 4, she was given up for adoption, with the assistance of the church, to a couple in Pottsville, by the names of Christopher and Margaret (nee Hartman) Donnelly. They renamed her Agnes Donnelly. Agnes apparently had some difficulties throughout her life. She had married three times. In her first marriage, she left her husband and two young boys, aged 7 and 5. In her second marriage, she left her husband and daughter. Agnes later died on March 4, 1983 in Hawaii. Even to her death, she never spoke of her early years, especially before she was adopted. Her daughter found a birth certificate with her original name, but no parents listed. This is where it gets interesting. Since Agnes left her marriages, her children never knew their real grandparents. One of her sons, Richard Schutz, didn't know his maternal grandparents. His son, Ronald Schutz, decided to find out by DNA testing through Ancestry DNA. The result - Joseph Peter Hillanbrand is his Great, Grandfather. If anyone has taken the same test, like I did, I found that we share 19 centimorgans of DNA, as half-second cousins. Oh boy! Somehow, our Great, Grandfather had an affair, with a yet to be determined daughter of George Rittersbach (we've narrowed it down to one of four daughters, Marion, Aubrey, Ruth or Alice). So our family expanded, without even knowing it. Just what we needed. More Hillanbrand genes being transferred around. Well, I'm taking this news in good stride. I'm welcoming our new cousins into our crazy family, whether they like it or not! And we can thank our Great, Grandfather for it.