Congrats to our cousin, Elizabeth Schafer, on the birth of the newest member of our family tree: JaKhai Schafer, who was born on October 30th!
JaKhai Schafer is the son of Elizabeth Schafer, grandson of Jon Schafer, great grandson of Francis Schafer, 2xgreat grandson of Carl Schafer, 3xgreat grandson of Lizzie (Schmidt) Schafer, 4xgreat grandson of Karl Schmidt, 5xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat grandson of Johann Friedrich Schmidt, 8xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 9xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 10xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 11xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.