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== | == Background == | ||
The Mathia - Matthia Family Organization focuses on the origins and descendancies of a limited set of patriarchs who emerge at the beginning of Western record keeping for the common man. | |||
== History == | == The Mathia - Matthia Name == | ||
=== Name Spellings === | |||
The name may be spelled MATHIA, MATTHIA, MATHYIA, MATHEA, MATIA, MATYJA, MARTHIA or MATTHIAE. One feminine version of the name is MATHIOWNA. Spelling is not an issue, but descendancy from one of the designated lines is important. The Mathia-Matthia family surnames and lines are to be differentiated from lines carrying similar surnames derived patronymically (e.g. Mathias or Matthias in Scandinavia). | |||
=== Historical Setting === | |||
The Mathia - Matthia grouping of surnames covers, at the beginning of Western record keeping, several distinct genetic lines. The greatest numbers distributed throughout the world today come from the Polish (perhaps Kashubian) line and from the Bas Rhin (Alsace-Lorraine) line. There is no evidence that the two are connected, but we are trying to promote DNA testing among descendants. There is also another smaller group with origins in Slovakia. It is possible that the German tribe "the Matiaker," which settled by the Rhein and was mentioned by Tacitus in the listing of German tribes, was completely or partially conquered by the Romans under Caesar. With the vanquishing of the Romans by the Alemanni, the Matiaker came under their rule. In the end they were subsumed by the Franks. If this is the correct origin of the name, then the grouping in Poland may have resulted from a migration at the time of the Teutonic knights. | |||
== History of the Organization == | |||
*This organization has arisen spontaneously as the Internet and social media networking has made it possible. | *This organization has arisen spontaneously as the Internet and social media networking has made it possible. | ||
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*Make research trips to Mathia - Matthia homelands. | *Make research trips to Mathia - Matthia homelands. | ||
*Establish the [http://www.mathia.org Mathia - Matthia Family website]. | *Establish the [http://www.mathia.org Mathia - Matthia Family website]. | ||
== Mathia - Matthia Family Branches == | == Mathia - Matthia Family Branches == | ||