The proposed relationship of Christine Sophia Mailahn as the mother of Wilhelm Friedrich Ferdinand PAHLOW, August Pahlow, Emilie Pahlow and Herman Pahlow is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a 3rd cousin, twice removed relationship between KL (a descendant of the August Pahlow ancestral line) and JR (a descendant of the Wilhelm Friedrich Ferdinand PAHLOW ancestral line) with a shared segment of 55.45 cM across 4 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between MD (a descendant of the Emilie Pahlow ancestral line) and PELR (a descendant of the Wilhelm Friedrich Ferdinand PAHLOW ancestral line) with a shared segment of 70.83 cM across 4 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 2nd cousin, twice removed relationship between DP2 (a descendant of the Wilhelm Friedrich Ferdinand PAHLOW ancestral line) and Jeffrey Pahlow (a descendant of the Herman Pahlow ancestral line) with a shared segment of 79.28 cM across 2 HIR segments.

These matches are consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.

Further support for shared ancestry within Wilhelm Friedrich Ferdinand PAHLOW, August Pahlow, Emilie Pahlow and Herman Pahlow is provided by an additional 4 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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