Our family tree starts somewhere early in the 17th century. Presumably Evert was the first “official” Van Vledder. Most likely he moved from Vledder to Amsterdam and got four sons. From there the tree started to grow although many branches of the tree have died out over the years. We all share the same ancestors until the 5th generation. From there we branch out. Although small in numbers, we are truly international, thanks to Philippus Jacobus who moved to Australia in 1887 and Johannes Hendrikus who moved to South Africa in 1897. In red you see the paternal line. See where you are and how we are all related.