Hi Nora, The most common are roughly: R1b1 - most of these will be subgroups of this Haplogroup: R1b1c R1b1c7 R1b1c6 In the Castlebar area which is North Mayo,...
Austin, I could have sworn that I sent a e-mail response already but I don't see it here. Thank you for the info. I also found out that the mtDNAs most common ...
Nora this probably won't interest you but I found it amusing. I am a V and
my spouse of 30 years is a R1b, so I gather that even after all these years...
Julie, My husband is E3b. I told him when his ancestors came to Ireland, mine were greeting his from the shore. What's so funny is his surname is FitzGerald...
Nora, While Fitzgerald and many other Fitz's are associated with Ireland they originally were Norman invaders who came here in the 12th century. They ...
Jaqian, Not all FitzGeralds are Normans. My husband's line (note the capital "G". Not that it means anything more than Fitzgerald. Both mean son of Gerald)...
The "fitz" prefix denotes "son of". As they were Normans and spoke French, the term "fils" in French means "son". It was altered a little to become "fitz" but...
Martha, I read that somewhere and mentioned that to my husband. He was not amused. I have also found that those who spell the name with a capital "G" were the...
I have been trying to find out the origin of our family for about 10 years now. Its the Normile/Normoyles of Clare and Limerick. According to the books were a...
Go for it Ken. I am trying to distinguish between the various sources for Burns, Byrne, Beirne and similar surnames. I think we have made considerable progress...
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Several recent studies involving DNA indicate that the vast majority of Irish descend on both the male and female lines from the ancient inhabitants of Western...
I recently read something of interest in Electric Scotland website that states the Muir clan of Scotland claimed descent from the O'More line in Laois,...
Yes, false paternity could account for this. But I read elsewhere of other possibilities. One is that the Y DNA of northern Spain's Basque people is very ...
I have been discussing this in another forum where we got into blood types and it so happens that the blood types O and Rh-negative are relatively common among...
Does anyone know the DNA groups that the Irish Travellers belong to? Ive heard several stories about their origins and this would go a long way to proving...
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Hi Donn, I don't think we have had much traffic recently. I do have a question. Does anyone know anything about the Marches. I have heard that they were...
... long ... All I have to add is that there is one family of these "travellers" that originated with the Normile/Normoyle family and their origins are Celtic....
I am familiar with the term only in its Welsh context. The Norman lords facing, and isolating, the rebellious Welsh were called lords of the marches, Like...
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To the last poster -- NO, I don't think much activity is happening here (but you can check the activity logs just to make sure!). Other poster--- "Marches" .....
What is the significance of DYS439=13 with respect to Irish, Scots, or Welsh genetic markers? I see that most seem to have DYS439=12 at this location, yet the ...