So, We’re Related thinks Dale Earnhardt is my 9th cousin!  We link up through our MRCA, Jacobus Schaeffer (1657-1714), the great great grandfather of John Backus (1750-1823), the furthest documented ancestor I have in that lineage and my 4 times great grandfather.  The impressive entry in the proposed lineage between John and Jacobus is Jacobus’ son, Johann Georg Schaeffer (1691-1733) who apparently fathered a daughter, Catherina Scheffer (1700-1732) at AGE 9!  Whoever set up this lineage just slammed names and ignored that the life span of the person meant they were not a fit.