Olivia Jennrich may have grown up in Jefferson, Wisconsin, but the roots of her newest national honor connect directly to New Glarus and a family whose Guernsey cattle legacy spans generations.

Jennrich has been named the 2026 National Guernsey Queen, earning the title after competing against six other young women at the National Guernsey Convention. She was the only candidate from Wisconsin, with the field also including representatives from New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida and Washington.

The 19-year-old is the daughter of Heidi and Dave Jennrich, both of whom grew up in New Glarus and attended New Glarus High School. Her mother, the former Heidi Dorn, was raised in the Guernsey industry at Kadence Farm, an award-winning Guernsey dairy farm owned and operated by the Dorn family (Jesse, Kami, Dennis, and Mary Kay Dorn). Her father also grew up on a small dairy farm near New Glarus that raised Holstein and Jersey cattle.

Her maternal grandparents, Dennis and Mary Kay Dorn, established Kadence Farm near New Glarus and have spent decades raising registered Guernseys. Jennrich’s aunt and uncle, Cammie and Jesse Dorn, now farm alongside them through Kadence Farm and Gold Rush Guernseys, continuing a family tradition that has become central to Jennrich’s life.