Due to the large number of generations between many of the participants, the anticipated amount of matching segments has a range including zero.  Therefore, we were anticipating that not everyone would match with everyone.  But, all of those tested who knew (or had a strong opinion) their lineage back to either Peter or David, were found to have matches with others in the group.

   In addition, two women who had suspected continuous maternal ancestral lines back to Susan Mersch [wife of Peter] through her daughters Esther and Mary, were found to have matching mtDNA.  This seems to debunk family folklore that Mary was actually a daughter of David and Margaret (Rockel) Rape and as one of the scattered orphans had been adopted by Peter and Susan (Mersch) Rapp.