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.
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