Molly Ringwald - distant cousin

 

There is a high likelihood that Molly Ringwald is a distant cousin.  Her second great grandfather was  Jakob Friedrich Ringwald.  Below is her family tree ...

Jakob Friedrich's parents were Jakob Friedrich Ringwald and Katharina Kassinger. Here is a copy of his death record and his parent's marriage record (which lists their parents).

 

You can see from the marriage record that he was married in Wagenstadt Germany.  Below is a copy of his parents marriage record and you can see that they were married in Tutschfelden, Germany.

The map below shows that Tutschfelden, Germany is only 18 miles or so from Elzach, Germany where our Ringwald (also Rinckwald in some records) ancestors are from. Wagenstadt is right next to Tutschfelden. I haven't made the connection to our common ancestors but given the same surname from a small rural area of Germany I have to believe that we share a common ancestor.

Carlin Connection

 Several DNA matches on Ancestry.com have Carlin in their family tree.  These are known Battle/Tighe connections that could possibly trace to Mullen line. The other alternative is that they are Scottish as most of these also have Scottish connection as well and we know that Mary McLean was Scottish.  The Bryceland connection is on this line as well.  I would lean towards the Mullen connection though as Mullen is a Ulster County name (Tyrone) and I have many DNA connections to Northern Ireland.  

Here is a list of the Carlin connections:

It is possible that Carlin is not in my direct line but married into the family several generations ago and these people all descend from that marriage, although it is more likely that there is a direct Carlin connection.  More research is required.

Here is a MyHeritage match that has Mullen and Carlin married to each other in County Tyrone...

Jeanne Tierney (we share 26cm on chromosome 13).

https://www.myheritage.com/pedigree-tree-691270151-1500060/albertson?familyTreeID=1&kitId=81DCD952-06FC-40BA-B81E-441937BA0DEB#:ffm

From the surname database (Carlin):

This interesting surname, widespread in the Ulster County of Tyrone, is an Anglicized form of two distinct Gaelic Irish septs names, O' Caireallain and O' Cearbhallain. The former sept was located in Clondermot, County Derry, where its leader was chief of Clan Diarmada, whence the name of the parish of Clondermot. The sept of O' Cearbhallain was also of Ulster, being located chiefly in Cavan and Monaghan, prior to their migration into the north Leinster county of Meath. Traditionally, Irish family names are take either from the heads of tribes or from illustrious warriors, and are usually prefixed by "mac" meaning "son of", or "o", male descendant of. In this case, the personal bynames "Cearbhallan" and "Caireallan" share the same root i.e., "cearb" meaning hacking, and implying a fierce warrior. Further Anglicized forms of the above two ancient Ulster surnames include Carolan, Carlan, Carland, and Kirlin, On June 18th 1865 the birth of Patrick, son of James Carlin and Sarah McBride, was recorded in Omagh, County Tyrone. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugh O' Carolan, Bishop of Clogher, which was dated 1535-1563, in "Medieval Ecclesiastical Records of Co. Donegal", during the reign of King Henry V111, known as "Bluff King Hal", 1509 - 1547. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Carlin#ixzz7MJ29OvDn