I have a really frustrating pickle. I am the Great Grandaughter of Wilma Carpenter whose father is Jacob F. Carpenter. There are many other trees who have his parents down as being William Lafayette Carpenter and Lavina Schoonover. Here is my problem. I have photographs of both Jake (as he was called by his family) and his parents. On the back of his parents photos they are named William and Lowiha. Lowiha is close to Lavina but not that close. Also, she was well known in the family to be a Native American (thought to be Pawnee). She also is unmistakably native american in her photograph. Jake is 1/2 Native American and also looks it. So how can Lavina Schoonover be his mother when she has all dutch relatives. Can anyone shed some light on this or perhaps tell me some areas where I may try to research into this seeming disagreement.