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Yes, this is definitely the same family.  My records were given to me and I have yet to verify all this information, but I show the following:

Roger Cullen (spelled Rodger in my records) born abt 1799 married Catherine Clark born abt 1799.  I'm also showing the same 5 children, all born in Armagh, but Armagh is not always listed exactly the same. 

Margaret  B 1819
James  B 1822
Eugene Owen  B May 29, 1825  D Nov 27, 1905
Denis  B 1828
Jane  B 1832

Eugene Owen (if I have the name correct) was my great grandfather.

My records are very sketchy, as the person who did all the research is my aunt on my mother's side.  The Cullens were on my father's side, so there isn't as much information.  In addition, my aunt is now 98, so all of her work was done by visiting libraries, cemeteries, churches, court houses, etc, either in the US or Ireland.  Some of the records are still in hardcopy and in need of review.  I'm hoping to get through it a little bit at a time.  Let me know if there is anything I can provide.  Thank you for the post!

Thanks again Davidft!  I'm going to take your advice and try contacting A.  I'm also going to see if my cousins will get tested.  Fingers crossed...

I'm new to genealogy and new to this forum, but joined based on a Google search that turned up Cullens of Armagh.  My grandmother's father was Dennis Quinn Cullen and her mother was Susan Ann Kelly Cullen, Dennis' first wife.  My grandmother's name was Mary Frances Cullen Mower.  We really have no information on Susan Ann Kelly Cullen, except that we know she died in 1895, when our grandmother was young and we know Dennis was re-married to Mary Freeman.  We know they had 2 children, only one of whom I knew.  Her name was Anna Cullen Hagan.  Based on my read of this string, it sounds like the best way to trace Susan Kelly's roots is to check Catholic parish registers.  I followed the link below and was a little overwhelmed.  How do you determine which parish to check?  Or, do you just start with the county and go through the parishes one by one?  Thanks for any help!

My mother, her sister, one of my sister's, one of my brother's and I all had our DNA tested.  Individual A showed up as a possible 3rd cousin (mother's side) to me, so I compared A to myself and all my relatives mentioned above.  I show up with 8 segments matching A, my sister and brother match 7 segments, my mom matches 1 segment and my aunt matches no segments.  Results for cM were similar.  I know nothing about DNA, but it doesn't seem logical to me that my mom would have fewer segments matching A than would my siblings and I.  And my aunt has none.  Wouldn't he have had to inherit the DNA from her if it was on her side?  My father died, so we can't have his DNA tested, but I'm thinking my father would have had more segments matching and that's why we have more segments matching than our mom.  Does that seem likely?  If so, does it also seem likely that somewhere way back, my mom and dad shared ancestors?