I am looking for my great grandfather's father, Samuel Ritter's family lineage. We were always told we were PA Dutch/German, but have no idea when/where our "Unk" Ritter (my great great) came from. I know from Samuel Ritter born Mar 1867 & his mother was Mary Reppert (as spelled on his death cert). I'm trying to trace the Ritter line. Her mother I think was Sarah Rohrbach because of 1870 census where boy (Samuel) is 2, then later in 1880 he is 12 yrs old. Is there a possible link between your family & mine? My father's immediate family was Catholic, however I know there were 2 waves of Germans that came to PA. (they were either Protestant or Catholic, this can help with placing MY Ritter family in N or S Germany). Our immediate family & Samuel's lived in Philadelphia in later years to recent. I have done DNA testing as well & have joined several Ritter projects through Family Tree DNA. Any hints or info would be appreciated and I would gladly share my info if we are related.