Siegfried and Charlotte Lawin were the parents of Albert Julius Lawin and brothers Herman, Charles, George S., John and August. Donor Mitchell Messer is connected to the Lawin family through the following family tree: Mitchell Messner was the son of Lewis LeRoy Messer who was the son of Louis John Messer who was the son of John Christopher Messer who married Amelia Werner, daughter of Johanna A. Lawin Werner.