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CLINE DNA Project

As of this date July 2009, we have the following matches for my brother, Robert Cline:

12 Individuals tested with an Exact match on 12 Markers

7 Individuals tested with a Genetic Distance of 2 on 25 Markers

4 Individuals tested with a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 Markers

George B. Cline, author of the book "The Cline Families of North Carolina 1750-1860 And Their European Ancestry, 1580-1750" is an exact match on the 12 markers, 2 different on the 25 markers, and 3 different on the 37 markers.  His explanation of our ancestral line and how we are related to the George Cline family from Ohio is stated below:

"First, I (George B. Cline), am a descendant of Moritz Klein (b 18 July 1684) in Alsace, Part of then Germany. I researched this family and Moritz's sons who came to PA from 1739 thru 1749. Three of those sons migrated to NC ca 1755 and most of the subsequent Clines in NC, including me, are descended from those sons.  I have traced all these NC Clines up thru 1860 in a book I wrote in 2003. I recently had my DNA tested by Family Tree DNA and find that I am also closely related to those OH Clines descended from the subject George Cline who also had their DNA tested. By looking at my research of the German Church records  documented in my book, I have determined the ancestors of the subject George Cline  and the common ancestor before him that I share with the above OH Clines.
That ancestoral linkage is as follows:

  1) Pieter Klein (b ca 1575 and d 2 Aug 1635 in Stiensall, Alsace region Germany) has a son Nicholas
  2) Nicholas Klein (b prior to 1609) mar Magdalena (widow of Briden Lentz) 9 Sep 1640 and has a son Sebastian
  3) Sebastian Klein (b 15 Sep 1644) mar Anna Catharina Schmidt 9 Apr 1665. Among their children are the 2 sons below:

Nicholas Klein (b 29 Oct 1676, d 2 Jul 1747)- grandfather of George Cline of OH   and

Moritz Klein (b 18 Jul 1684)- ancestor of myself and many NC Clines"  (George B. Cline's line continues through Moritz's son Sebastian aka Boston Cline.  My family line continues through Moritz's son Jacob)

"The linkage from Nicholas Klein to George Cline of OH is as follows: Nicholas Klein mar 19 Jan 1700 to Anna Elizabeth Bohn (b 4 Jan 1681, d 11 Nov 1766). They have 10 children (7 survive to adulthood). Their firstborn is Johannes (John) Klein (b 28 Apr 1701 in Postorff, near Stiensall, where both the Nicholas Klein and Moritz Klein families have settled). Johannes Klein mar Anna Margreta Gangloff 21 Apr 1722 and they have 9 children (6 survive to adulthood). Their youngest surviving son is Hans George Klein (b 21 Jul 1740) George Klein comes to PA with his parents and 4 brothers and 1 sister in 1744. They arrive on the ship Phoenix on 20 Oct 1744 in Philadelphia. George Klein is naturalized in the fall of 1765 in Longswamp township, Berks county, PA."

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