Ireland and Irish Ancestry

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Comment by Stacey Thorpe Davis on March 17, 2011 at 5:34am

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Comment by Robert A Quinn on March 10, 2011 at 8:43pm

DNA works for both men and women to find matches. DNA is constructed differently for both, but matches work just as well. Can only trace something called haplogroups through male Y DNA, but women can learn as much as men from the analyses and matches of their DNA.   

Comment by Carol Ann on March 10, 2011 at 7:56pm

Thanks Bob for the 23andme DNA info; a considerable lowering of fees that's for sure. 

Hope I'm not repeating myself from previous discussions, but isn't the DNA done on the male lineage or will it work for me if I get my DNA done? 

I did check the FAQ on the site but unless I missed something, didn't think this question was there:)

Comment by Denis Savard on March 9, 2011 at 5:49pm

Thanks to Annemarie, i think we may have found my Patrick BYRNE/BURN mentionned below!

Baptism of PATRICK BYRNE of BRADLY'S LANE on 16 May 1773

Name PATRICK BYRNE
Address BRADLY'S LANE
Father JO(H)N BYRNE
Mother MARY BARRY

Recorded Parochial Area ; ST. FINBARR'S STH, CORK

Comment by Andrew D. Kemp on March 9, 2011 at 4:06pm

Hi Jessica,

 

My 5th cousin once removed Geoffrey Williams is conducting a one-name study of Morey families. Please contact Geoffrey at geoffrey.williams@xtra.co.nz for help on your Morey family

Comment by Robert A Quinn on March 8, 2011 at 9:35pm

Diana: With DNA testing through 23andme you can find men and women you match with , from siblings to Distant Cousins . Check out their web page.

Comment by Diana L. Carlson on March 8, 2011 at 3:27pm

Forgot to mention:  a member of the Clan Campbell came up to me once and in conversation he mentioned that BURNS is a sept of CAMPBELL.  Maybe someone can use this piece of data successfully.

Comment by Diana L. Carlson on March 8, 2011 at 3:25pm

BURNS/BURN/BYRNE seems to be a name that is difficult to track.  I have my own Martin Burns (1820 Ireland-1877 Indiana) that I've been unable to track back to the old country.  He died before death certificates were kept.  I got the death certificate of his wife BRIDGET (1836 Ireland-1904 Indiana)  and found out that she presumably was born in Torloughmore, Co Galway, as was her parents JAMES FLYNN and MARGRET HIGGENS.  I was unable to locate any further data on them, though I tried.  Ah, how I wish Irish genealogy were as easy as Swedish genealogy has been.

 

DNA testing wouldn't do me any good, would it?  Since Martin would be my father's mother's paternal grandfather.....and no, I know of no direct male descendents.  Grass Creek, Indiana is a small town but I don't know where the sons of Martin's sons went, though I have tried finding some.

Comment by Robert A Quinn on March 8, 2011 at 2:13pm

Carol Ann, check out 23andme for DNA testing. They dropped their price recently and are going for volume. Their web site is very helpful, and it's easy. I didn't get any e-mails that I had messages, thus the delay. Take care. Bob Q

Comment by Stacey Thorpe Davis on March 8, 2011 at 6:18am

I am looking for any information on a Micheal Byrne (or Burns) who was born circa 1838 in New York.  His parents are unknown, but he married Josephine Calhoun circa 1862 and had several children.  Micheal served in the 15th NY Cavalry during the CW and died in 1897.  Some census records show Micheal's mother being born in Ireland, but nothing else.  Any information on Micheal's parents or siblings would be grateful.

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