Hello Frances:
Thanks for the message, but I'm afraid that it is unlikely that we are related. You can never be certain of course, but my Emily was born in the Belfast workhouse in 1889. Her father is listed as John Patterson and her mother is Emily Kyles. The situation is confusing though, because the only marriage record I can find indicates that Emily Kyles married Joseph (not John) Patterson in Shankill Parish in 1876.
Sorry for taking so long to answer, we've been in Yorkshire for two weeks researching my wife's family.
Brian