 On 6 November 2008, she married Jaap Korteweg, an organic farmer from Langeweg, with whom she had a second daughter (Amélie, born 2012).In May 2004, Thieme's book "De eeuw van het dier" ("The century of the animal") was published.Animal rights are the centre point of the text, which draws a line from the end of slavery through women's liberation to animal rights.