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Langston's Liz

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American Pit Bull Terrier

Profile at a glance
Breed
American Pit Bull Terrier
Historical context

Pedigree Database record 1641696 lists Langston's Liz in the published pedigree.

History & Bibliography

Relatives sharing a sire Bert's Cotton Mouth CRUM'S CAJUN RED Crums Cyclone

Relatives sharing a dam Greenwood's Noah Llloyds Hattie Rutledge's Samantha

Direct offspring Langston's Rosie

Relatives →

PedigreeKnown positions: 9 / 510 · distinct ancestor records: 7

Facts and sources

PITVU · 01M79AE6NVF6784GA47XW0MS9D

Pedigree

Incomplete pedigree

Complete through G1 · G2 · Missing positions: 2/4

Known positions: 9/510 · Distinct ancestors: 7

Coverage by generation
  1. Generation 1
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  7. Generation 7
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  8. Generation 8
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  • Sire · G1 SORRELL'S BULL01M76816KTGDJHENF4JXA37W9P SORRELL'S BULL - source photograph ≈

    Generations in this branch: 7
    Incomplete pedigree

    Known positions: 7/254 · Distinct ancestors: 5

    Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

    Legal status: unresolved

    pedigreedatabase public pedigree catalogue

    Photograph source · Rights status

    The photograph is presented on the exact source record 1597136 corresponding to this catalogue source identifier; source attribution retained.

    Owner-authorized source-attributed publication on 2026-11-12; the public source supplied this image. No copyright licence or public-domain status is claimed.

    SORRELL'S BULL

    Source · 1
    • Sire · G2 Klaus' Zeke01M767YKPVHSXK0VEKBJKGPBFB Klaus' Zeke - source photograph ≈ ↻

      Generations in this branch: 6
      Incomplete pedigree

      Known positions: 1/126 · Distinct ancestors: 1

      Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

      Legal status: unresolved

      pedigreedatabase public pedigree catalogue

      Photograph source · Rights status

      The photograph is presented on the exact source record 1589059 corresponding to this catalogue source identifier; source attribution retained.

      Owner-authorized source-attributed publication on 2026-11-12; the public source supplied this image. No copyright licence or public-domain status is claimed.

      Klaus' Zeke

      Source · 1
      • Sire · G3 Fitzwater's Goldie01M767YN77AQMT63NY93KH13AM Fitzwater's Goldie - source photograph ≈ ↻

        Generations in this branch: 5
        No ancestors recorded in this view

        Known positions: 0/62 · Distinct ancestors: 0

        Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

        Legal status: unresolved

        pedigreedatabase public pedigree catalogue

        Photograph source · Rights status

        The photograph is presented on the exact source record 1581982 corresponding to this catalogue source identifier; source attribution retained.

        Owner-authorized source-attributed publication on 2026-11-12; the public source supplied this image. No copyright licence or public-domain status is claimed.

        Fitzwater's Goldie

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    • Dam · G2 Koehler's Daisy (Carver's)01M76818HJM95M4BVRXGCMARFJ

      Generations in this branch: 6
      Incomplete pedigree

      Known positions: 4/126 · Distinct ancestors: 4

      Source · 1
      • Sire · G3 Klaus' Zeke01M767YKPVHSXK0VEKBJKGPBFB Klaus' Zeke - source photograph ≈ ↻

        Generations in this branch: 5
        Incomplete pedigree

        Known positions: 1/62 · Distinct ancestors: 1

        Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

        Legal status: unresolved

        pedigreedatabase public pedigree catalogue

        Photograph source · Rights status

        The photograph is presented on the exact source record 1589059 corresponding to this catalogue source identifier; source attribution retained.

        Owner-authorized source-attributed publication on 2026-11-12; the public source supplied this image. No copyright licence or public-domain status is claimed.

        Klaus' Zeke

        Source · 1
        • Sire · G4 Fitzwater's Goldie01M767YN77AQMT63NY93KH13AM Fitzwater's Goldie - source photograph ≈ ↻

          Generations in this branch: 4
          No ancestors recorded in this view

          Known positions: 0/30 · Distinct ancestors: 0

          Attributed photograph — identity not conclusively confirmed

          Legal status: unresolved

          pedigreedatabase public pedigree catalogue

          Photograph source · Rights status

          The photograph is presented on the exact source record 1581982 corresponding to this catalogue source identifier; source attribution retained.

          Owner-authorized source-attributed publication on 2026-11-12; the public source supplied this image. No copyright licence or public-domain status is claimed.

          Fitzwater's Goldie

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      • Dam · G3 Klaus' Goldie (Carver's)01M767YPTZ0BEN3WD9HD77QJQS

        Generations in this branch: 5
        Incomplete pedigree

        Known positions: 1/62 · Distinct ancestors: 1

        Source · 1
        • Sire · G4 Trahan's Spider01M767YRAWFNABMM8R48ZE9BG2

          Generations in this branch: 4
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          Known positions: 0/30 · Distinct ancestors: 0

          Source · 1
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  • Dam · G1 Koehlers Josie01M78VGWYPXKD37FSZ128S40Q5

    Generations in this branch: 7
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    Known positions: 0/254 · Distinct ancestors: 0

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Offspring

NameSex
Langston's Rosie-

Pedigree completeness

Displayed generations: 8 · Complete through generation: 1 · Known positions: 9/510 (1.76%)

Incomplete pedigree

GenerationKnown / positionsCompleteness
G12 / 2100.00%
G22 / 450.00%
G33 / 837.50%
G42 / 1612.50%
G50 / 320.00%
G60 / 640.00%
G70 / 1280.00%
G80 / 2560.00%

Top 15 ancestors by pedigree contribution

Each occurrence in generation n contributes 100 / 2ⁿ. Only displayed public links are used; unknown and disputed positions are excluded without renormalizing. Rows do not sum to 100% and are not DNA measurements or COI.

G8

#NameContributionOccurrencesGenerations
1Koehlers Josie50.00%1G1
2SORRELL'S BULL50.00%1G1
3Klaus' Zeke37.50%2G2, G3
4Koehler's Daisy (Carver's)25.00%1G2
5Fitzwater's Goldie18.75%2G3, G4
6Klaus' Goldie (Carver's)12.50%1G3
7Trahan's Spider6.25%1G4

Relatives

Relatives sharing a sire 12

Show more · 4

Relatives sharing a dam 3

Direct offspring 1

Historical dossiers

Research dossier

Pedigree Database record 1641696 lists Langston's Liz in the published pedigree.

  1. Published catalogue record

    Source-reported

    Pedigree Database record 1641696 lists Langston's Liz in the published pedigree.

    Source · scale-pedigreedatabase-1641696-20261107
Bibliography

Bibliography

  1. Langston's Liz — Pedigree Database profile ID 1641696

    Pedigree Database · Catalog record · Accessed

    Single published contributor catalogue record and its individual public profile with explicit APBT description. Original public HTML SHA256 9686f06248a80c0527acd74fde2d56cd45030214e8499bb73b402a79ca737438. Retained as source-reported; no independent certification, accepted genealogy, legal ownership, title classification or photograph permission is inferred.

  2. Duerler Black Magic — Pedigree Database profile ID 1373333

    Pedigree Database · Catalog record · Accessed

    Single published contributor catalogue record and its individual public profile with explicit APBT description. Original public HTML SHA256 bbac651751548a1cde3305684f12a19716ad4e042fff2f30d70e62af7ff3d663. Retained as source-reported; no independent certification, accepted genealogy, legal ownership, title classification or photograph permission is inferred.

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Sources and review details

Historical dog record

Reported evidence

Publication identifies a historical dog; it does not verify ancestry.

Historical notes

Editorial notes are retained in their original language.

Explicit public Pedigree Database record profile ID 1641696. Contributor-reported only, no accepted scalars, award or media inference.

Reported aliases:

Public historical citations

Source-reported parents

Reported claims remain outside the accepted pedigree and COI until independently reviewed.

Registry claims and verification

REGISTRATION PROVENANCE

Claims & verification

No primary registration claims recorded.

Recorded aliases

No independently reviewed aliases recorded.

PARENTAGE EVIDENCE

Every claim has a source.

No independently reviewed parentage recorded.

Source references and original documents are private. Verification is a recorded human review, not a guarantee of biological ancestry.