DNA & STILL A BRICK WALL

[Maiden Stone]

PS to my reply 178.

Laurence 1862-1937 is down among children of Thomas Hennessy & Bridget Cleary. Either his dates are wrong or he's from a different generation. He was born 21 years after his mother's death. 
   

Laurence born 1862, baptised September in Galbally parish was son of Laurence & Catherine. His parish is wrong on Family Search.

[dwelch]

The Hennessy family is turning out to be quite a problem.  Dates and people!  Jen from "The Formidable Genealogist & DNA Research" had told me quite some time ago that she thought I had the wrong Hennessy family in my tree!  I have no doubt now.
I did receive a reply from Stephen Walsh in Great Britain today!  I had mentioned his replies were gone from our messaging.  And that he must have deleted them!  That's all I said!  But his entire reply was about NOT deleting messages!  LOL!  He is going to do some looking into his research and see what he can come up with!

[Carmella]

Hi

For some fresh cousin matches Ancestry DNA raw data can also be uploaded to FTDNA, MyHeritage & LivingDNA - there is a unlock fee for each but it is usually cheaper than buying a brand new test. Or wait for a time when there is a sale on. 23andme requires a buying a brand new test.

https://dna-explained.com/2022/08/17/how-many-matches-at-each-dna-testing-vendor/

[lillibelle57]

Thanks for the information. I have not tried LivingDNA. Will do! Thanks

[dwelch]

While Ancestry told me I had no matches in Ireland, My Heritage came up with 263 very minor DNA matches!  Several were Walsh.  I didn't get a hit on Hennessy though.  And even more matches in the United Kingdom then anywhere except the United States!

[Maiden Stone]

And even more matches in the United Kingdom then anywhere except the United States!

Not surprising, considering the number of Irish people who settled in Britain. My GF's family has far more descendents and relatives in 1 English county than in Ireland; some of those who stayed in Ireland either didn't marry or married late in life and didn't have children.

[melba_schmelba]

While Ancestry told me I had no matches in Ireland, My Heritage came up with 263 very minor DNA matches!  Several were Walsh.  I didn't get a hit on Hennessy though.  And even more matches in the United Kingdom then anywhere except the United States!

Unlike MyHeritage which records people's country of residence as default, Ancestry does not, and only very few people actually list their location. So Ancestry does not really have the ability to find matches in Ireland the way MyHeritage does. You just have to look for Ireland or Irish counties in the place search, or look for Irish surnames in the name or name in tree searches which you think you might have a connection to.

[dwelch]

In my USA matches, I have people at a top level who are not actually related to me!  I will be doing quite a lot of emailing this weekend.
We ARE beginning to think Michael Welch married Margaret Glynn and may have even lived next to John in Delaware Co. IA.  I think since he was born in 1811, he was John's brother.  Lillian thinks he could be his father!  There is a picture of the man on Ancestry now, but the poster is not even sure who exactly it is.

[Maiden Stone]

The Hennessy family is turning out to be quite a problem.  Dates and people!  Jen from "The Formidable Genealogist & DNA Research" had told me quite some time ago that she thought I had the wrong Hennessy family in my tree!  I have no doubt now.

So do you now think that Bridget Hennessy, daughter of Thomas Hennessy & Bridget Cleary of Lisvernane, County Tipperary was not your ancestor?