I have an old book that traces my family name in Germany back to the 1600’s. I’ve always wanted to digitize it and have it translated (it’s in old-style German). Here is one of the pictures, of Jan Opderbeck, Reidemeister in Ultena in the 1700’s (I thought “Reidemeister” was a term for some sort of government official, but apparently it’s a generic term for a “wholesaler” or “trader”):
Any resemblance?
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If you wore a powdered wig, I don’t think I could tell the two of you apart 😉
That guys eyes look like your son’s. I definitely see the resemblance.