I might be years late to the party but here is my info. My 2 x Great Grandmother was Elizabeth Cummins, spelt Kimmons on her son's birth certificate. (1838) She was born around 1818, she married John Smyth in Ballykelly and it is noted that she came from Tully Townland. She had at least two boys, John and James (have DNA links to the James line) I think her Father was Samuel, but that is because I was contacted by a Grandson of the Sammy that was born in 1900. He was raised in Limavady, son of Kenneth Cummins. The complication here is that I am also related to Sammy's Mother, so our DNA match could potentially be to the Holmes side and not the Cummins. I am assuming that my Cummins are the Magilligan branch because my dominant matches are to the McCurrys of Myroe who were fisherfolk in between Magilliagn and Moville. The Gedmatch No for my Mum, who is 94 and still kicking, is A340760.
Hi, I just tested your mum’s Gedmatch with my father and myself, we both share 0cm’s.
I have also tested Cummings’ Gedmatch kits from the Limavady area, I do not match with them either. I think there is definitely two different families in the Limavady/Magilligan area.
I was told that the Cummings branch came from the Glasgow area originally. I have tested my own line with Big Y and mostly have southern Scotland matches.
I have no idea why there are two different surname spellings in the Limavady area. I am sure it’s possibly an NPE, or just two separate families that lived in close proximity. It has always mystified me, my father insists we are all from the same line, though I am consistently not finding any genetic links!
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