And now we need representatives from the Conrad Yater and other lines to continue this study!
YETTERS/YEATERS/YATERS- We do have instances in history where Yoder became Yetter and vice versa. One of these appears in the OH112 line- with a DNA confirmation of Yoder links.
Other Yetters have not been linked by documentation to the Yoder line, and the DNA supports that they have a separate profile. SAMUEL YETTER OF COLUMBIA CO.,PA: There were several hints that this fellow may have been related to the Yoders. Samuel Yetter in Columbia County owned property beside a Oley Yoder; he baptized several of his children at the Swartzenwald Church in Berks Co. (where Yoders also attended); and Samuel married a Yocum -- one of the Oley Yoders also married a Yocum. The results are in, and they establish that this Samuel WAS NOT related to the Yoder lines.
Results from a descendant of Henry Yater (in Kentucky by 1792- see “T” in the “unlinked” file at the Yoder Newsletter Homepage) MATCH EXACTLY at 12 for 12 with those of the Samuel Yetter descendant, indicating that they share a common ancestor. (We are going forward under this project with attempts to sample representatives of Yeater, Yater, and Yetter branches to establish or disprove relationships between them).