Connecting Riehle Families, past, present, and future, Riehle.Net brings together the many contingents of Riehle’s in the Americas and back in Germany. Here you’ll find stories, family lineages, and photographs, along with tools and resources to explore your genealogy and genetic genealogy. We also invite you to share your own discoveries and connect with other Riehle researchers around the world.
A LEGACY ONLINE SINCE THE EARLY 2000s
Our site has been part of the online genealogy community for over two decades. In recent years, we’ve refreshed our format, added new sections, and expanded our focus on Riehle Family Segments—distinct lines descending from different immigrant ancestors.
FAMILY SEGMENTS AND IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
Each Family Segment highlights a Riehle immigrant ancestor, the family trees we and others maintain, and the connections between Old World origins and New World descendants.
Whenever possible, we also include links and references to the WikiTree DNA Global Tree and encourage all Riehle genealogists to support that shared resource.
EXPANDING INTO GENETIC GENEALOGY
With the growing ease and affordability of DNA testing, genetic genealogy has become one of our most powerful tools for discovery.
We discuss autosomal DNA testing for finding genetic matches among Riehle descendants and for exploring related family lines.
And since surnames often follow the male line, we place a significant focus on Y-DNA haplogroups to help trace male-to-male lineages across Riehle Family Segments.
OUR ONGOING GOAL
We aim to identify every known Riehle Immigrant Ancestor and establish connections across all Riehle family groupings in North America—and with our extended family still in Germany. Every contribution helps us preserve and expand the shared history of the Riehle name.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY
We’re always looking for new ways to engage participants—whether by sharing stories, commenting on posts, or contributing to DNA research.
Over the years, many near and distant cousins have provided valuable information about immigrant ancestors, family lineages, and DNA results, and we welcome your input as well.
Riehle’s near Cincinnati c.1895
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Southern Indiana, 1890s
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Sunderman Family, Cincinnati
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Ross County, Ohio c. 1838
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Related Y-DNA Progression
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Looking for Someone?
While we can’t capture information about all our Riehle ancestors we do have many identified. If you have someone you are looking for and don’t readily see them in the menus, try doing a search using the individual’s name (see search box on the right side of the page or below). If you still don’t find who you are looking for, please leave a note below in the Comment section with the name and any other information you might be able to provide and we will see if we can help.
Have We Missed Someone?
If you have information on a Riehle Immigrant Ancestor or other noteworthy Riehle family member that we’ve missed, we’d like to hear about that also.
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If you would like to register with us, please leave a confidential comment below, ideally with some information on your Riehle family lineage or whatever you want us to know about you.
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I am looking for a way to contact the former Riehle foundation as they are the copyright holders of a catholic Book I want to put back in print. Any advice?
Please add me to the subscriber list.
‘Hi there. Appreciate this site, although I don’t understand all of the genetic info. I am related to Bartholomew Riehle and was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. I now reside in Cincinnati. My brother lives on Windy Ridge Road in Chillicothe, just down from Bishop Hill Cemetery where many of the Riehle line are buried.
Is this different from the Riehl Family. Of Ludwig Riehl fame?
There are many immigrants covered on the site but since some of Ludwig’s descendants now spell the name “Riehle” we were happy to include his story. Go to “Family Segments” and look for Ludwig there or use the search box and type in, “Ludwig”. You can also search for “Kidnapped!”
I saw that. Im pretty Sure that Kevin is my First cousin. I understand now this is a different group of people though.
I have several photos of the F.A. Riehle family. My grandmother was Cornelia Riehle Widmeyer. If interested let me know where and how to share to this site.
Kitsy, thanks. I’ll provide an email address.
Fantastic
my family is from here way back to the 1700’s–berger