12.656 descendants of, four villages out of one Werchters torque from 1550

Tremelo Frans Van der Sande (67) from Bale collects all data of the ancestors of the inhabitants of Baal. He came to one conclusion: except for refugees, dates back almost everyone from Baal, Tremelo, Betekom and Werchter off of one couple of that around 1550 in Werchter lived. It comes to Dionijs Michiels (1535-1605) and his wife Cathlijne Bertelmans. Out of the four villages he found until now 12.656 descendants of the couple.