Family Map
Choose a documented family line, then use its focused view. This avoids implying that every public person belongs in one enormous confirmed pedigree.
Buchau Einstein comparison line
Albert Einstein’s documented paternal line used only for comparison while testing possible earlier shared ancestry.
Fellheim–Laupheim Einstein
The documented Einstein branch traced from Fellheim through Laupheim and Stuttgart.
Freeman–Saxe family line
The documented deceased Freeman–Saxe family from Philadelphia to Omaha, centered on Harry Louis Freeman, Sarah Minnie Saxe, and their descendants.
Rosenberg–Šiauliai survivor line
Mendel Rosenberg and his immediate family, centered on Königsberg, Šiauliai, Holocaust persecution and displacement, and postwar migration to the United States.
Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein
Descendant and collateral families connecting Auguste Einstein Saalfeld to the United States.
Schweizer
Karoline/Caroline Schweizer Einstein and her ancestry/origins.
Documented direct sequence
Documented line currently in focus. Every visual node below is also presented as readable text and links to a person record.
Earliest presently supported ancestor in the Fellheim line.
The family continues in Laupheim through two sons whose lines later rejoin.
These two branches lead to Isak and Miriam Einstein.
Married cousins in Laupheim; their fathers are identified in an 1828 municipal proceeding.
Emil Einstein and Karoline Schweizer established the Stuttgart household.
Auguste Einstein married Ignatz Saalfeld.
Caecilie Saalfeld married Max Wortsmann.
Edith Karola Wortsmann married Ruben Silverstein. Living generations are withheld.
Buchau Einstein comparison line
Albert Einstein’s documented paternal line used only for comparison while testing possible earlier shared ancestry.
Fellheim–Laupheim Einstein
The documented Einstein branch traced from Fellheim through Laupheim and Stuttgart.
- Daniel Einstein of FellheimDied before 1747
- Leopold/Jehuda EinsteinBorn about 1720 · Died 1796
- Isak EinsteinBorn September 3, 1798 · Died May 1, 1882
- Miriam EinsteinBorn July 6, 1805 · Died December 8, 1893
- Emil EinsteinBorn about 1844 · Died May 14, 1887
- Auguste Einstein SaalfeldBorn January 8, 1877 · Died June 29, 1965
Freeman–Saxe family line
The documented deceased Freeman–Saxe family from Philadelphia to Omaha, centered on Harry Louis Freeman, Sarah Minnie Saxe, and their descendants.
- Harry Louis FreemanDocumented person
- Joseph Henry FreemanDocumented person
- Melvin Jerome FreemanDocumented person
- Sarah Minnie Saxe FreemanDocumented person
Rosenberg–Šiauliai survivor line
Mendel Rosenberg and his immediate family, centered on Königsberg, Šiauliai, Holocaust persecution and displacement, and postwar migration to the United States.
- Mendel RosenbergBorn September 18, 1928 · Died July 27, 2021
- Recha RosenbergBorn May 5, 1895
- Shimon RosenbergDocumented person
- Samuel RosenbergDocumented person
Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein
Descendant and collateral families connecting Auguste Einstein Saalfeld to the United States.
- Auguste Einstein SaalfeldBorn January 8, 1877 · Died June 29, 1965
- Ignatz SaalfeldBorn December 16, 1867 · Died July 6, 1937
- Caecilie Saalfeld WortsmannBorn November 3, 1900
- Max WortsmannBorn March 7, 1889
- Edith Karola Wortsmann SilversteinBorn October 28, 1927
- Rubin Milton SilversteinBorn January 2, 1921 · Died March 31, 2011
- Samuel W. SilversteinBorn July 15, 1887 · Died March 22, 1950
- Sara SilversteinDocumented person
Edith Karola Wortsmann Silverstein, Rubin Milton Silverstein
These stable codes show only the approved relationship shape. Names, dates, locations, and private person identifiers for living relatives are not published.
Schweizer
Karoline/Caroline Schweizer Einstein and her ancestry/origins.
- Karoline SchweizerBorn November 7, 1854 · Died December 11, 1924
About the Albert Einstein question
A distant relationship to Albert Einstein’s documented Buchau line is a working hypothesis. No shared ancestor or intervening genealogical chain has been proved, so the relationship is not drawn as a confirmed connection.