As I mentioned in other posts, as I have dug through the Czech Digital Archives, I have begun to suspect that almost everyone from this area was related by blood or marriage by the end of the 19th century. To prove the point, I will take a single entry from one of the baptismal books from the area.
On October 28th (my birthday), Alzbeta Becvar was born to Jan Becvar and Marie Kerlik. Jan Becvar's sister Anna Becvar married her cousin Josef Becvar and their son, also named Josef Becvar married Terezie Kerlik (another distant cousin through Marie Kerlik) in 1921. Terezie's mother Anna Krystufek Kerlik is the daughter of Anton Krystufek on Smrkovice and the granddaughter of Tomas Krystufek and Anna Vlasky of Smrkovice.
On October 31, 1891, Tomas Matej Hala was born at #51, Putim, South Bohemia to Matej Hala and Katerina Smola. Matej Hala's mother, Magdalena Krystufek, was the daughter of Tomas Krystufek and Anna Vlasky of Smrkovice.
The next day, on November 1, 1891, Jan Nepomuk Felbab was born in nearby Hradiste, South Bohemia at #27 to Frantisek Felbab and Marie Krystufek. Marie Krystufek Felbab was the daughter of Josef Krystufek and the granddaughter of Vaclav Krystufek, all of Smrkovice. Vaclav Krystufek was the older brother of Tomas Krystufek, who married Anna Vlasky.
Then on November 2, 1891, at #24 Hradiste, practically next door to the Felbab household, Barbara Kapar was born to Frantisek Kaspar and Barbora Krystufek. Barbora was also the daughter of Josef Krystufek and the granddaughter of Vaclav Krystufek.
All four were baptized by the same priest.
