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-==== The name Ungerecht ====
-The Ungerecht name is a rare name, both in the U.S. and in Germany.  Out of 2.7 million immigrants that arrived in the mid 1860's, the only Ungerechts were the six from our family.  Only one Ungerecht died in Vietnam, out of 58,000 servicemen and women, and he is one of ours. In Germany the name is only found right around Meiningen, in the Thuringian Forest in central Germany.  (See this search of modern phone records: [[http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absolut/ungerecht.html]]).
-There were two families that emigrated to the U.S. from this area, but any link between them is not known at this time.  The other family settled in Tennessee, with some members moving on to Texas.
-The name in German translates to "unjust" or "unfair" ("recht" is related to the English "right", so literally it's related to unrighteous).  This might be why it is rare.  But rare is a good thing for a genealogist!
-===What's with all the Johanns?===
-It was a common first name at the time (after John the Baptist).  In fact, it was so common, males usually went by their second name instead.  The exception is people called Johannes, they generally had no second name.

The Ungerecht Family Tree