Okay, this gets pretty esoteric pretty fast, but bear with me; I need someone smarter than I am to figure this out.
Looking at my musical almanac, I see that tomorrow is the birth anniversary of composer Julius Roentgen. I remember when one of our classical hosts wondered aloud on the air whether Julius was related to Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, the man who discovered the x-ray. A listener called to say that she had studied piano with Julius in Berlin, and that Julius and Wilhelm were indeed brothers.
When I tried to confirm this fact, I got suspicious because none of the bios of the composer mention this fascinating connection. After a little more fact-checking, and may be able to put some of this idea to rest:
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