Wolkom Thús on the official family website!!!
Eighteen generations of history and family trees of the Frisian Andringa families from 1450 to the present.
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2025 – the year we all thought: “Well… what else could possibly happen?”
We started with good intentions. Some of us kept them until… let’s say March. Others discovered that family history suddenly becomes very interesting once you dig far enough back that nobody can fact-check you anymore. Luckily, the Andringa Foundation has been digitising the genealogy of the Frisian Andringa families since 1985. Over 4,000 name-carriers, plus thousands of relatives by marriage. So yes, you can officially say: “I come from a legendary family.”
Right up until you lose your keys again.
And those old photos of great-grandfather Jan?
They’re safely stored on the website somewhere between a scanned parchment and a search function that makes you wonder whether you might actually be related to half the room at the next family BBQ. The family tree has grown so big that at some point you realise: you’re no longer researching history… you are history.
2025 also had its familiar themes:
Who’s doing the dishes, why everyone congratulates each other in group chats, and why you still don’t know what great-great-aunt Trijntje actually did for a living. Thankfully, the Foundation clears up mysteries like that. Slowly. Very thoroughly.
2026 – the new year, where we’re not entirely sure if 2025 is truly over, or just archived as a very long PDF of memories.
Some people have already given up on their New Year’s resolutions (daily exercise, sure), while others have fully embraced their Andringa code – a secret combination of letters and numbers that grants access to the private family tree pages. Comes with a subscription to the family newsletter. Very exclusive. Very Andringa.
So 2026 feels a bit like this:
- “Another year of trying to be an organised human being.”
- “Another year where I will sort those family photos before Christmas.”
- And mostly: “Why do we all suddenly turn into genealogy nerds the moment a website says ‘request your password’?”
Let this be the year you don’t just find your keys, but maybe also discover that one relative who apparently did something heroic, according to the family tree.
Here’s to 2026 – to family, to history, and to the hope that we learn at least one new family member’s name before the next reunion. 🥂
The old Frisian Andringa family held another international family day in Hindeloopen on Saturday. "A family connects more than football."
"My name is Cees and I don't have to tell you my last name, do I?" When there is no response, he gives the answer himself: Andringa. "No! Really?", it sounds from café-restaurant De Foeke in Hindeloopen where chairman Cees Andringa of the Andringa Foundation opens the family day on Saturday.
This family day, accessible to every Andringa, attracts more than seventy visitors from home and abroad in this twelfth edition. Since 1982, there has been a get-together every leap year. In 1988, an extra edition even took place in Chicago. Only in the corona year 2020 was the family day cancelled.
Read the full story at Andringa family days
