Do You Have Irish Genealogy? Use This Handy Surname Guide to Trace Your Heritage

[@Ancestralfindings]

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[@irishiz498]

Merciful God I need help !!! My mothers side were O'Reillys, my mother being the 1st of her side born in America. My fathers side was Hughes. He was named John Hughes after the priest that tried to stop the fighting in NY (or New Amsterdam) in the 1800s. I lived with Irish traditions my whole life as well as stories of my family. My son did his DNA. It came back that he is *NOT* Irish *AT ALL* !! I am utterly confused. Did I bring home the wrong child from the hospital or was I lied to about who my family is?? Where do i go from here??

[@lauravastag8587]

❤️🌎 thx u too sweetie

[@Walesball1214]

why would sombody from wales yous WALSH? an example of that would be better as Hugh O Cymru (hugh from wales) Hugh y Cymry (hugh the welshman (rough translation bc Cymry is Welsh)

[@10solidrocks]

Totally funny.....there is a bit of scandal in all Irish families. :) Most of it is very interesting, however.

[@10solidrocks]

@@lauravastag8587 You well be Norman. Many Normans settled in Ireland after their conquest in 1066. For instance, the surname Bailey came from the northwest area of France (Baille). The surname Gilliam also is Norman but those whom I k ow who are surnamed Gilliam do have a large percentage of Irish in them because they had intermarried with the Irish for 800 years or more before coming to the United States.

[@irishiz498]

For such a small country, we sure spread far and wide didn't we !!!🍀🍀🍀

[@athenawilson4019]

It wasn't a "happy" diaspora. It was all about tragedy. Today many more Irish live outside Ireland than in it. Not by choice, to survive.

[@littleme3597]

@@athenawilson4019 Correct. IRISH SLAVES. "The slaves that time forgot". John Martin. Made to breed with black slaves for a cheaper slave, as black slave cost MORE than a white one. Treated as badly as any black slave, worse sometimes as they were cheaper.

[@giffysstiffy887]

🙂Most white people in America have Irish DNA🙂😎

[@buckchile614]

Indeed. Our seed spread with the wind(and on the chin.)

[@JeffGilligan-q7t]

Gilligan here on the Pacific Ocean of Oregon.

[@punkassparker]

My father is a red-headed man named Mike Yates, and my great grandfather on my mom's side has a deep Irish heritage. I've always been proud of my Irish heritage and I always will be!

[@davidparker9676]

We're related.

[@mikeyates7931]

My name is , Mike Yates ! We must be cousins !

[@terrell112]

You want to know what interesting about my grandfathers father bloodline a man by the name Ambrose Nicholas Cramer (Yates) took up the last name of a man that wasn’t his father so my bloodline is kinda messed up due to this…. My grandfather & his father & so forth and so on are not true Yates we just carry the name our DNA is of the Cramer’s which is Irish

[@terrell112]

So you people are the true Yateses?

[@suzannehaigh4281]

My step Grandfather is called Yates and his ancestors were true blooded Lancashire people, never went near Ireland.

[@Chafflives]

I only learnt recently that as my father was born in Ireland, I was an Irish citizen from birth in another country and entitled to an Irish passport, which I now hold. Thanks Dad 👍♥️

[@standingbear998]

your dad was irish so you are? what was your mother? was you not that? what about before there was a people called irish?

[@Chafflives]

@@standingbear998 1. Yes 2. English. 3. Yes & no. 4. Who knows?

[@angellee5769]

@@standingbear998 were both of your parents bears? 🤣

[@joancampbell8806]

Roach

[@Chafflives]

?

[@texasgigi3684]

Just wanted to encourage my fellow Irish to have a ferritin level taken (blood test). Hemochromatosis, is very common in people of Irish lineage. Turns out, I got the gene from both of my parents. (There are two different genes that can cause you to have hemochromatosis. I got one of each kind, from each parent). That means my kids will either have it, or be carriers. Read up on this disease-your body cannot get rid of iron. Thus the iron can accumulate in your organs-brain, liver, you name it. This isn’t a joke. Thanks for making this video-spread the word. I loved this video, it was so interesting!!

[@jimkiernan13]

When was this screening introduced? I was born in Belfast in 1955 and did not discover until my mid 20's that I had haemochromatosis. At that time doctors thought it was a one in a million disease!

[@rridderbusch518]

@@jimkiernan13 When my babies were born in '85 and '86 I was told the testing was only for blood type, but they probably tested for much more.

[@annelowry357]

Northern Irish heritage, my brother has it!

[@honey-feeney9800]

Is that similar to amyloidosis?

[@thesjkexperience]

My brother has that! Strange, I have low iron.

[@johnm4541]

My Irish father once told me he paid $500 to look up the family tree and another $500 to shut it up.

[@seanfarrell5341]

That's funny, halo from Ireland

[@Linda-bj3bb]

😂😂😂 typical Irish humour.

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Funny!!Good Irish humour!

[@katiecook1269]

john m lol funny.

[@jayneclifford-greening1886]

Definitely an Irish response!😆😆🇮🇪

[@borjastick]

I do. My father was born in Dublin and all his side of the family were Irish save for his mother who was born in New York to Scottish parents. I am British but now live in France only to find that the roots of my family name are French. My dad never had an Irish passport because he moved to UK prior to the war then served in a British regiment after the war ended. I have dual nationality with UK and Ireland and a passport for both. My dad was so pleased when I got my Irish passport he became quite emotional. Sadly he is no longer with us.

[@DHarri9977]

I've always found it interesting how circumstantial situations (war, moving to a different country) influenced and in many cases changed the origins of families in general, your story is a great example of just that, thanks for sharing.

[@theirishhammer9451]

Butler is also of French origin! Butlier!

[@didibrant7326]

To any of my Irish 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th cousins of the WITHERS line who has their genealogy or have heard by mouth about William George Withers of the 37th Regiment of Foot who fought in the Indian Mutiny of 1857 in India, I implore you if you know what city he was born in as English Censuses and Indian records only state his birthplace as Ireland. Hoping one of my cousins will reply as all Irish records were destroyed in a fire and we have checked other records since 1969. He retired to Dublin in 1890,s or so. I estimate his birth round about Spring of 1836. Have checked all indexes too. My great- grandma was his child Henrietta Wiithers( married Samuel Davies)William was married to Elizabeth Sweeney( or known as Sullivan- another marriage) born in India to Irish soldier Alexander Sweeney. Are any of you descendants of William's children: Anne M., Alice Maude Adelaide, Emily, and William all born between 1861 to 1870. He may have had more later ( besides a Mary Anne deceased at 10 months in India). Of course Henrietta's kids likely born in England. But mainly, I ask my Irish cousins as it's been like looking for a needle in.......Do you know what it is like checking Sri Lanka (Ceylon) records? The same. William and Elizabeth were on the ship that left Ceylon as the mutiny had just broken out. If none know his birth town, at least I could supply you with more facts. Hoping one of you may have family records.

[@anyat686]

@@didibrant7326 We would have good connections to our 3rd cousins. But that far out you be better off get your DNA tested. A lot of those things that you might search are now online. Try gravestones and baptismal certs and Tide documents. ( fees for lands ) Many of those survived. Good luck. I’m sure they will welcome you ! ☘️

[@anyat686]

@@didibrant7326 if it’s any help, I’m guessing Withers and Davis are Protestant names. You could dig around in Belfast as a place to start your search. Even though Belfast didn’t become part of Northern Ireland till much later. I notice he retired in Dublin. You might try old mariners clubs for some records. Good luck.

[@doloresparker8203]

I was told by my Father that Parkers originated in England but later settled in Northern Ireland! Looked up the origin of Parker and they were caretakers of the parks(land) and animals! Gave me some insight into my ancestory, I am an avid animal lover and love gardening and lawn care! I would love to visit Ireland one day!

[@harry9392]

There are farmers called Parker from were I am from Crumlin County-Antrim There is that care takers of animals bit

[@nathan-ql5vh]

every parker i know over here is short

[@declan1278]

Well done it while you still can

[@nancystere3260]

Malone and Watson are the sir names of my family . But I was raised as a Parker

[@declan1278]

Go to Ireland while you still can you will love it

[@allenkinahan6955]

One huge factor is that many that came to America would give their name on the ship and it would be written down however the writer wanted to spell it. Kinnehan for example turned into Cunningham in our family because of this. Not that they aren't interchangeable in some instances but this applies especially to folks who weren't literate. My mom's family's name has 14 variations, depending on what part of the family you're in. lol

[@joanbyrnes4878]

Heavens !

[@ItsCDoc]

I guess this is why Daugherty is spelt 40 different ways

[@gmaureen]

Spelling wasn't completely standardized in America until around 1900, before that many people couldn't read or write. Ask them how to spell their name and they couldn't tell you. Hence, names in legal records were spelled phonetically. Clerks simply wrote down what they thought they heard. You can sometimes find a record with a surname spelt 3 different ways....all within one piece of paper.

[@kyriljordanov2086]

So many folks changed their names when they came to America. My mother's family came to Mississippi and changed their Slavic surname to McBay to fit in with the rural mainly Scottish/Irish population of their region of the state. Part of my father's family changed the Bulgarian Jordanov to Jordan.

[@mccaffreybeverley450]

I'm in Hattiesburg. 3rd generation

[@LDSVenus]

My Irish roots dropped the g off the end of their name when brother fought against brother in the American revolution to differentiate them selves, I’ve gone back far enough to find the 2 different spellings in one family with the previous line with the g still on the name. Family history is so interesting.

[@sharoncrawford7192]

My great grandfather's name was Spot. He changed it to Spratt.

[@missionaries7575]

My great gpa was Slovak and changed his first name

[@hachwarwickshire1718]

Ha ha what your family didn't realise is that all the others were Lithuanian ! There wasn't a Jock Paddy Taff or Harry within a thousand miles. They all lied .... thinking all the others were from the British Isles.

[@gunner678]

This is incredibly simplistic and frankly applies to any lineage from any country.

[@karenryder6317]

Yes, I've heard that your Irish surname can tell a lot about where your Irish ancestors came from in Ireland. For example, my grandmother's surname was Mulligan and they were heavily concentrated in County Sligo

[@RebeccaC2007]

Yep, I thought the same. It’s the same all over the British isles. The video maker is clearly aiming to an American audience and anti English audience who are ignorant of true facts.

[@giffysstiffy887]

Most white people in America have a significant amount Irish DNA 🙂

[@anneclark9508]

The best records I got to trace a lot of my Irish ancestry were in the Catholic Church. Thank you for an interesting talk

[@Sandwich13455]

Same as myself!

[@grammie8190]

Where would I find info from the Catholic church?? My family is Catholic and had no idea! I use Family Search from the Mormon church

[@anneclark9508]

@@grammie8190 I was fortunate in knowing roughly where my family geographically came from and contacted the actual churches, but I would think you can use the ancestry sites and there is a site we used called "Find a Grave" as well as local newspapers. One thing is that when you receive Catholic sacraments the actual church records it and also all the information is sent to the original church where there were baptized. Hopefully that may help you work backward and forward with any information that you have. Sorry I can't be more help. Good luck

[@grammie8190]

@Anne Clark Thank you!! That was really a great help!!

[@pattibelcher2659]

Yes, that is very true!

[@meanderer06513]

One of my great-great grandmothers had mentioned (in her husband's pension record) that she was born in Blackcommon, Co Tipperary; and her death certificate lists her parents' names. I started looking through Irish baptismal records (+/- 4 years) for that parish (Ballingary), and found that a woman by the same name was born to parents (of the same name) 3 years before my great-great grandmother stated(which could be possible - people probably didn't have calendars hanging on their walls back then). I even found the property (according to Griffith's Valuation), that HER parents lived on. Sadly, according to Google Earth, no structure stands on that property now...).

[@bahabobby8118]

Fun fact for you Mr. Anderson., The Irish immigrants settling in upstate NY stake claimed a neighborhood outside of Syracuse and called it, Tipperary Hill.. the one traffic light in the center of the nieghborhood has always been upsidedown, ...so the green is on top.

[@meanderer06513]

@@bahabobby8118 Looks like a decent place for a proper pint...

[@giffysstiffy887]

Most white people in America have a significant amount of Irish DNA🙂😎

[@Mamarachel78]

My grandmother's last name was Mary Griffiths. My mother moved to the US from Wales in the 1950's

[@redcarpeteater6903]

Some of my family came from County Mayo, western Ireland. Name was Baillie, was changed to Bailey after coming to America about 1670.

[@KateBates22zabu]

My gran came from Mayo & her last name was Long & her mum's was Roche...not Irish sounding at all.

[@redfive5856]

Ellis Island, eh?

[@annieSorrow]

SAME HERE O' HAYLEY FAMILY HERE.

[@teresamull9627]

I have Baily, and Johnson in my family both mother and Father,s side

[@shelleyforde7881]

My grandfather's surname was Bailey and his mother's maiden name was Highland . Our family live in Trinidad WI , I believe we have both Scottish and Irish ancestry.

[@robfla6471]

My surname is Flaherty. I visited Ireland 🇮🇪 for the 1st time last year. I did the Irish ☘️ Rail Tour. I never seen such beautiful country in my life. I can’t wait to go back. Beautiful people & Country 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️

[@esterherschkovich6499]

I have been a few times and now have an Irish Passport.I joined a very positive facebook page called Mythical Ireland,the information,photos are amazing!!Its getting used to all the Irish/Gaelic names..but its a great place to learn and enjoy.

[@charlessmith1092]

Did you know that Robert Flaherty is credited with creating the documentary film. See "Nanook of the North" or "Louisiana Story," etc.

[@vickiwykes1511]

@@esterherschkovich6499 how did you manage to obtain an Irish passport?

[@vickiwykes1511]

How is your last name pronounced?

[@williamrbuchanan4153]

According to DNA that was Flaithertaig , McGuire , of the Fermanagh N Irish after Chief ( King) Donn Carragh uidhir d1303. Records of The ‘ Annals of The Four Masters’ .

[@seanturner1197]

I'm Scottish and my uncle had done a geneology tracing our family's heritage. One of my ancestresses carried the surname, McGowan.

[@frankiedeans7637]

Gowan in Scottish means daisy.

[@whitetroutchannel]

common name in county down in northern ireland, ulster scotch name

[@MichelleWatson10]

I did my DNA yesterday and apparently there is English-Scottish and Irish in our family, I cant wait to find out 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@damo690]

A detail that has been left out is that many Irish emigrants during the famine era changed their name when they got to America as they feared they would not get work or that having an Irish name they would be looked upon unfavourably. The Irish we're not always very welcome in America especially in cities like New York and the bigger cities. It is a known fact that people changed their names, sometimes to something similar to what it was originally. That's why you get names that sound vaguely like Irish ones but you never find here in Ireland.

[@bruceglock5725]

The Irish were extremely oppressed in early America, in some areas they were they were viewed as disposable laborers. Less valuable than slaves in many cases. It was a struggle for sure.

[@bethshadid2087]

There are a lot of irish and scottish in the south. My ancestry came to georgia and Texas.

[@tainuibabe1812]

Ours was changed from Doolaghty to Delahunty when the family fled County Clare in Ireland during the land wars to Dunedin, New Zealand. They changed their name because John Doolaghty was murdered and it was a high profile case. His sons couldn’t get work on any farms, so their mother Elizabeth Connor sued and won over 3,000 pounds. She moved her family to NZ and never looked back.

[@samanthab1923]

I thought that's why slot dropped the O' & MC

[@earthwyrm6756]

Yes, sometimes this was a choice by the immigrants and sometimes just imposed by a person filling out the paperwork for them (for example at Ellis Island).

[@waldoparsnip1025]

My father was Welsh , and my mother was Hungarian , I'm Well Hung !

[@joshuawaters5746]

I laughed too hard at this

[@stevenchilson82]

@@joshuawaters5746 too

[@joshuawaters5746]

Steven Chilson please forgive me🙏

[@stevenchilson82]

@@joshuawaters5746 I'm sorry Joshua, I am an admitted English nazi, so please forgive me.

[@noactualway3749]

@@stevenchilson82 haha

[@ateachableheart2649]

Years ago doing heraldry research (which is ongoing albeit a casual hobby) I noticed subtle name changes, mostly in the spelling. Recently I purchased a book about white slavery which was really bad long before black slavery. Something I had no idea about but the historical facts back it all up. Many British, Scottish and Irish people were brought over to the New World through deceit and trickery and plain outright kidnapping. The numbers are astonishing to say the least. The names of some were changed or spelt differently once they got here (mostly the kidnapped ones). My husband's lineage is Scottish. According to this book many Scots came over to America (some legitimately, others by trickery). Where they mostly populated is the east coast of which this is where my husband's family is from. They took homeless people off the streets of London, (also done in Ireland and Scotland) orphans, prisoners, you name it, they took them. The adults were told they could be released from prison, or their current life made better, if they agreed to go over to America and work for seven years for a plantation owner. They would be given headrights but initially the acreage would be given to the land owner to increase his lot. however, in most cases if the indentured servant committed even the slightest infraction, the court system added additional years on to the contract and they never got the land they were promised. This is just one aspect of this, the book is chocked full of very eye opening history. When I first purchased the book I figured it might be light reading. Little did I know how much it would add to the research I've been doing. It's become a very important resource.

[@abiyahabiyelbetsalel2869]

What was the title of the book and author? Thank you

[@ateachableheart2649]

@@abiyahabiyelbetsalel2869 "White Cargo". Can't recall the author's name but you can find it on Amazon.

[@cynthiasnyder1561]

Exactly right! Very few people are educated on any slavery except black slavery. But, unfortunately, slavery goes back much further and was much more widespread. Anyone who reads the Bible knows the Isrealites were slaves at one time.

[@waltond1127]

The Vikings had slaves. The Chinese had slaves. The Native American Indians had slaves. The Colonists had slaves. The English had slaves. The Greeks had slaves. The Romans had slaves. I don't believe there is a country anywhere on the planet that did NOT own slaves at one point or another somewhere in its' history. Slavery goes back to the pre-historic era of history.

[@bretthess6376]

There were a lot of white slaves. Look up the TV series 1905 Victorian House. Tell me those English house servants weren't slaves. They had no rights and got paid 2 1/2 cents a day for 15 hour days. My great-uncle Herbert was born around 1895 and was in WW One. He told me when the British soldiers met the American soldiers, that was the end of the Victorian Age. He said the American soldiers changed the English soldier's attitudes from subservient to independent. And about time too.

[@fluidikons]

We had a whole bunch of history open up for us once my brother figured out Courtney was changed from Cuirnane. He even found a farm in Killarney still in the family and got to meet them and they invited him in. Very cool.

[@thejenr8tr922]

Courtney or Courtenay was originally a distinguished Norman French name, who were prominent nobles who were married with English royalty. But when England became protestant, many fled to Ireland rather than renounce their faith. That Cuirnane might be the Gaelic spelling that they adopted.

[@doriswhite1348]

Kept my family surname of Noonan. Mother's maiden name was Kelley. Dad's ancestors went to Boston, Massachusetts, from County Cork during the famine. Both grandmothers were born in Nova Scotia, Canada.

[@lisachaput2952]

Cool! There is a Irish Museum up in Nova Scotia that may have some information. There was a priest, Agnus McDonald that moved to an island to help start a Catholic church and another town which is where some of the Irish hung out in. It depends how far back your Grandmother's lived there.

[@adeledorman6447]

My grandma was a Kelley married a Scot, Allan.

[@kelleyborkowski1820]

My mother's maiden name was Kelley. That is My 1st name!!!

[@SheilaKiss-ck9vd]

My maiden name was Kelley.

[@tomboed2097]

My cousin, very proud of his Irish roots did the DNA thing and discovered he was only half Irish. I asked him how that was possible. He said men of his family were always successful with women from all over the world.

[@smallfeet4581]

lol,

[@alanaadams7440]

😂😂😂😂😂 good one

[@donnastraube9393]

Funny

[@shulamitebeautifulbride]

That's a nice way to put it!

[@kristinebailey6554]

How it was possible? Easy! If your mother's family was Irish, and your dad's German for example. My Irish paternal grandad married a German woman. My mother's English mother married an Irishman. Makes for some interesting history.

[@conorkelly947]

Just a little distinction on the Brian O'Brien point it's doesn't really mean Brian jr that would be Brian óg (sometimes written as one word) the Brian in O'Brien refers to Brian Boru so you'd be Brian descendant of Brian Boru (or the clan he formed after his ascent to high king)

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

I just discovered my Irish great, great grandmother (Margaret Berry)and my great grandmother (Bridget) came to Scotland in 1881 from Colmcille, Co Longford . The latter worked, starting as a 17 year old, in the local thread mill, gave birth to 8 children of which only one survived childhood (my grandad) and died in 1950. Hard life.

[@Ancestralfindings]

Thank you for sharing such a powerful family story. Discovering your great-great-grandmother Margaret and your great-grandmother Bridget’s journey from Colmcille, Co. Longford, to Scotland must feel both inspiring and heartbreaking. Life at the thread mill and raising eight children with only one surviving-your grandad-is a testament to the resilience they must have had. Stories like these remind us how strong our ancestors were and make family history all the more meaningful.

[@michellehoward6665]

My Grandad is an O’Brien and my Grandma is a Bourke and both came from County Mayo, Ireland. They both moved to Liverpool in England in a place called Wigan. My dad had a brother who stayed in Liverpool till his death and my dad moved around because he joined the airlines and married my mum who came from Portugal. My parents had 4 children born in different countries, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Australia and Africa. We went to school in Africa, Malaysia, Kuwait and finally moving to Sydney, Australia but settling after a couple of years in Melbourne. My beloved father has since passed but his stories, faith and love live on. Rest In Peace dada and thank you for our faith and such an amazing life 🙏

[@joegarry8983]

O Brien comes from Brian Boru who was once high King of Ireland and was slain by the Norse men at Clontarf just north of Dublin. The Norse men were Danish and controlled the Dublin region and many coastal towns. Despite the Irish king been slain the Irish won the battle that day and ended Norse rule in Ireland. Some thing most do not know is most of the Celtic race who inhabited the British Isles are descended from the Tuatha de Dannan, the Tribe of Dan, one of the lost tribes of Israel who were exiled by the Assyrians, interesting stuff, can be found on y tube, Cheers.

[@michellehoward6665]

@@joegarry8983 wow thank you! My dad use to tell us about Brian Boru and I did know he was once a King but I never new anything about a tribe from Israel. Now I am truly fascinated and can’t wait to investigate further. Thank you for the information 🙏

[@kevinnobody3052]

I was adopted at 6 months of age and my name was changed. But my birth name was David Wayne O'Brien. I'd say there is some Irish in there somewhere.

[@pauldunneska]

Your adopted surname is embarrassing (Nobody) i would take your birth surname back (O'Brien).

[@MacSherry]

David Wayne O’Brien is a lovely name, use it, the other name really isn’t you.

[@debrap947]

Official welcome Kevin(David)to one of the best people groups known to mankind. Yes...I said mankind. 🤗

[@harrypmay]

@@jimbodriver1015 Haha, me Grandad’s name is Kevin and me Grandma’s name is Eileen, both had Irish grandparents, but we’ve called Lancashire home for four generations now. Our Irish surname on my maternal side is Tasney (sometimes spelt Tansey) from the Connacht region. Although the different spellings of the surname has complicated any ancestry research I do, I have found out it is the anglicisation of Tánaiste which means they can’t have been doing too bad at some point in their lives.

[@wodidos]

I been told my ancestors from scotland (McCord) were originally from the isle of skye but a big part of the family lived in northern ireland for a couple of generations before moving to america.

[@cathleenmorris9081]

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[@Armistead_MacSkye]

I'm also descended from the Isle of Skye - and an old castle ruin there.

[@bluejay3333]

My great, great grandfather Johnston came from Tyrone Ireland, migrated to Ontario Canada, then his son moved to Michigan and bought a farm. I’m now the fourth generation to own the Johnston farm purchased in 1903. It’s in a trust to transfer to our children and then to their children.

[@sandrasharp2934]

My grandfather, Thomas Matthew Cavanaugh born 1902

[@grantjohnston5817]

Hello from Clan Johnston of Glasgow!Greetings from St Antoine Abbe Quebec CANADA.

[@bluejay3333]

Maybe we are related. I believe ancestors before great great grandfather Johnston came from Scotland. When they migrated to Canada, I know some of the Johnston’s stayed there. The history of my Johnston relatives was given to me by my dads sister, so I have all their names. Happy to hear from a Johnston clan member!!

[@grantjohnston5817]

@@bluejay3333 A great pleasure Sir!

[@louisemiddleton2807]

My relatives are also Johnstons who, I believe came from Tyrone, and moved to Ontario...where we still live. I heard rumors they actually started as Johnstone, later dropping the "e". :)

[@jackiewilliams8543]

My mother's last name is Mckoy . So I went into a Scottish gift shop to try find out more. The shop owner was Scottish and from Scotland he' showed me a huge book with clan names in it he told me that Mckoy was native Irish a very old name before it changed to McCoy when migrated to Scotland so very interesting I've been searching a lot more now

[@shaunalea823]

I also have McCoy , but also Owens and Conway. My family on my fathers side derive from the lairds of the clan Campbell.

[@eternalinternalinfernal7839]

@@shaunalea823 not sure what you know, but i have a good friend of mine whos last name is owens. from what i recall its from welsh owains/oweins, commonly translated to eugene and such, "meaning" 'good' 'gene'. ain in scottish means own, as in "one of my own", typically referring to kin to my current knowledge, possibly through old norse eiginn/scottish éiginn, supposedly from old irish éicen, apparently connected to welsh angen, which could mean either/both anger as well as anglo (saxons). if you take my middle name allen into account, it is where we get the french name allein, the german word for alone. ein being 'one'. it is deeply intertwined to ano/annus meaning 'year', as well as anu meaning 'ancester'. it refers to 'one' as well as 'ring', whence, the words uno/anus. considering europe is from eury meaning 'broad/wide', i wonder if owens means/meant 'broad/wide anger/anglo/ancestry'. just my thoughts.

[@paulflanagan3519]

There is no k in the Irish alphabet.

[@raymonddixon7603]

There is no K in the Irish alphabet. Either in Irish or Scots Gaelic.

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@eternalinternalinfernal7839 Eoin is a Gaelic name Scot or Irish. It was anglicised to Owen by the English because that is how it is pronounced in Gaelic.

[@debrap947]

Thank you so much for the notes! Just need to get my printer working and I can print this out. I am trying to leave ancestral info for my kids, this will help tons. 😃

[@tracymac1111]

My father gave me the name Lynch which was originally Norman … d Luca from the time of William 1066…… my mother gave me the name OShea which is ab ancient clan name from the Cork area of Ireland. That’s all I know but I would love to know more of my family’s history.

[@tommymcallister9585]

Good piece, I learned some things I never knew or heard of before!!!

[@RobertLewisromper]

Surname does not mean "sired by". Wiktionary confirms it is from French sur-nom from the Latin super-nomen which means over-name. In other words, a name that describes all the members of one family

[@patriciajrs46]

I believe this answer is more correct.

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

I am a McNeill. My ancestor Michael McNeill abandoned Ireland in the 1840s during the Potato famine moving first to Scotland with his wife Mary. I find fault with what the commentator suggests that I could find the origins of my family name. From his suggestion it seems that anyone having a father called Neil would call themselves MC or son of, that I understand. My problem is that, just that ANYONE! which means that Many people at different times and locations could call themselves "The Son of Neil". So in the course of time many families called "Sons of Neil" or "McNeills" and thereby all the other Mc's and O's could spring up anywhere in the country and be totally unrelated in any meaningful way. This theory also fails to account for the McNeills of Scotland. It also fails to account for the Viking invasions in that area of Scotland and Ireland and creating settlements bringing their family names that could have been altered as they adopted the local customs and languages. One such name such Vikings have brought is Neilson the exact Viking version of my family name. In fact DNA analysis of the McNeills of the Scottish islands suggests the family have Viking ancestors.

[@tommurphy2332]

Is your DNA haplogroup RM-222 ? If so, you are traceable to the O'Neills of Viking history.

[@whitetroutchannel]

id argue your wrong because there are plenty of neills still in ireland, the oneills were here 1st and i think neill is more scotch plantations and by that point in time most people were pinning there colours to the mast and oneill/neill was a method to discern by protestant and catholic

[@bettywhite8407]

My family Vick is from Victor etc.

[@AlyZzz69]

@@blu3i My ancestors abandoned Ireland too and I am very mad about it since Ireland is a beautiful place

[@spirit1259]

I am sure the author of this narrative, does not intend for it to be the definitive, but merely a guide to assist discovery😇

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

My family traces their ancestry way back to Niall of the Nine Hostages, high king of Ireland from about 379 to 405 A.D we also a few other very strong kingships connections but we do not like to talk too much about. Not until we get our hands on some property deeds with good lands, great views, lakes and fine free-flowing rivers

[@rexanneendicott6079]

I too have Irish ancestry linked to Niall of the Nine. Found out some years back he's got over 3 million descendants...(probably even more now)

[@levitateme]

I believe you, but how can you guys have records going back that far and that accurately? that would be astonishing to see.

[@michaelbonner3908]

Niall of nine hostages is like gengis khan alot of people trace back to him

[@janewatson5388]

😂 Yeah, I'm from the McNeill clan born in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ScooBdont]

I decided to do a little research on my family name, which is Dew, and was lucky to find a verified genealogy of my family that goes back to the early and mid 1600’s with Thomas Dew coming to the Americas around 1618 in the ship Alice. From what I’ve found the original spelling is spelled Dhu. The name means in Celtic, Gaelic, and Welsh, black or of dark complexion. It’s thought the dark complexion was possibly inherited from the dark-skinned Romans that invaded around 45A.D. I found a whole book about our genealogy that was published in the 1930’s and, and such, has my grandfather in it who was born in 1906. The book had been digitized and put online only 2 weeks before I randomly decided to research it. Kinda blows my mind.

[@heavenslayer8903]

Wow that's so amazing wish i can find mine.... it's THOMPSON

[@lordmopton]

@@heavenslayer8903 Sorry but thats as English as you can get ...

[@lordmopton]

That would be Dubh , pronounced Duv ...in Gaelic .

[@dunneincrewgear]

RD RR Dublin, the capital of Ireland, in Gaelic is 'Dubh Linn' meaning Black (dark) Pool.

[@ScooBdont]

Dunne in crew gear I did a little checking and Dhu seems to be Celtic and not, as you said, Gaelic. 🙂👍

[@Louisianabayou]

My mum's side is very Irish. Being entirely Irish until her generation. Her last name is Creagh and there is a lot of interesting history.

[@JasonX00]

My paternal great grandfather was Irish with surname of Green. Paternal great granny's surname was Casson. My maternal great grandfather's surname was Feehan and great grandmother, a Scot, was Campbell.

[@Musik48190]

The seed for my history was planted when I was too young to have interest. I wish I could have a conversation with my maternal grandparents. There is some paperwork collected by my Mom and her first cousin, that my cousin will not give me access to. She says I need to leave those dead people alone! Black genealogy is difficult enough without family members interfering and road blocking.

[@jjamesfraley2903]

Queen Mary St. Croix.

[@judithgallegos1748]

My maiden name is O'Brien. All four of my father's grandparents were born in Ireland. We traced the family back to King MIlesius of A Coruña, Spain. I married a Spaniard.

[@MaryBradley-s3s]

Bradley, is desecended from Milesius king of Spain through the line of his son Here on. The founder of the family was Brian son of Rocha Mot Beacon King of Ireland AD 350.

[@spirit1259]

My father (Torpy)and mother (Congdon) traced their Irish ancestory back as far as was possible, and both finished up at (County Clare) in 1555, where a Torpy had married a Congdon exactley 400 years to the day that my parents were married, the records before that had been lost to fire, and my father asked the priest if there was any older landmarks about, and the priest replied, he had heard of an old graveyard now barren of any headstones down near the river bank, my father visited this grassed area of riverbank and after a time started kicking tufts of grass up with his shoe, uncovering a massive granite slab with the word "Torpy" etched into it! 😱

[@marshalldevinejr.8078]

Wow cool story!

[@Oluinneachain]

Fair deuce!

[@mikeryan4524]

I'm of Irish ancestry and when I heard the new guy's accent I asked where he was from. "Ireland." was his reply. I was happy and excited and said, " You're Irish? Me too!" He looked at me deadpan and and said, "Are you, now?" I never felt so far from Irish...

[@MsGilly1967]

Sometimes an American accent, upbringing, being here on holiday, thinking we know about your ancestors & American passport, lead us to suspect you're not Irish. A huge number of Americans claim to be Irish... look up the term *Plastic Paddy*

[@soundmind6477]

@@MsGilly1967 very harsh hahahaha 😣

[@bigbird6039]

@@MsGilly1967 My family came from Galway to Chepstow in the 1950s. I was born in 1961. I’ve never felt the slightest bit attached to Ireland , though I do find it interesting how people from North America are really enthusiastic about their roots. Maybe they keep alive what the rest of us takes for granted.

[@debra4bees]

Europeans all think we're strange to say we're Irish, German when we weren't born there and our parents weren't either

[@tomgallagher4949]

"Are you, now!" when used by the Irish is not a doubting rejoinder but simply a way of continuing the conversation. Irish are some of the best conversationalists in the world and have lots of little phrases to help develop the 'craic' (pronounced crack, meaning easy flowing, interesting chat). Similarly, 'you don't say'. Still means, tell me more. You can't take Irish literally. If he had said, "Is that right, tell me more," you wouldn't have been put off, but that is probably what was intended by, "Are you, now?"

[@PeBoVision]

My grandmother was Irish, and my grandfather French Canadian. She spoke no french, he spoke no english, but they had 12 children, which suggests a language all their own. Tracing paternal surnames is easy, but I have no idea what my grandmother's maiden name was, so maternal Irish names gets lost with marriage. Luckily I knew her, and she was a proud Irishwoman, so I am certain of my geneology. I am french with an Irish temper.

[@mariebussinger6565]

Respect!

[@ricgunn1439]

Irish temper, politically incorrect.

[@PeBoVision]

@@ricgunn1439 Filters are for the dishonest.

[@bobharnois9507]

Same here. My grandmother was a big lady, but my grandfather was short and they proceeded th have 6 kids! My maternal grandmother's surname was changed in Boston when she came over from I'm ear a to Mara. My maternal grandfather was a Scotsman. Oh, I am a life-long Montreal Canadiens fan since my grandfather was from just south of the city of Montreal.

[@BenjaminHawkins-gk8wn]

Not having much opportunity to speak to one another, & understand what was spoken, sounds like they found something better to do.

[@patedwards1128]

My family name is Comyns, we came from Southern Ireland, this name is spelled in many different ways for simplicity’s sake. There is a castle in Scotland called Comyn Castle and this was a royal family name. It’s fascinating to me and one other thing in our family is how many of us have O neg blood, this may have come from The Basque region of France.

[@patricialenaburg6553]

I have RH negative type O, and have some French from the Burgandy area. Also have Irish, and Scot.

[@BenjaminHawkins-gk8wn]

Just think how many Cummins, Cummings, Comyns, Commons, etc. there are. These names are all pretty well-known throughout northeast-central Kentucky

[@patearly9492]

Very interesting and helpful! Thank you so much and God bless everyone

[@Ancestralfindings]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alantaylor9593]

We are a mixed race African American family who ancestry dates back to 1619 to the Jamestown region. Mixed with Native American about 400 years we were made into indentured servants in the Charles County, Maryland bloodline and during that time mated with colonial Europeans. Then about 200 years later my mixed race 7th great grandmother who eventually migrated to Richmond, Kentucky had a son with a David Irvine, b. 1721 Gleno, Ireland d. 1804 Madison County, Kentucky. So by 2021 our family DNA analysis revealed we are basically on average 59% African, 40% European and 1% Native American. I alone have 25% Scots-Irish in my DNA... the rest is English and German.

[@vannjunkin8041]

Jamestown, VA one of the original families, what a family legacy to know.😊 when we repeat and say their name they live on and the legacy grows brighter each time.

[@FM-ig3th]

In other words, you're an American.

[@mikes9117]

That's Cool, I've traced my ancestry to 1630's Virginia

[@lagatha1037]

So interesting👍

[@kuniakai]

We were often times put back on our own land.

[@jasonshaddock9188]

My mom and dads family came from the south of Ireland. My moms from Tralee in Kerry and my dads in cork and Tipperary. My moms DNA showed her as 88% Irish the rest being Scottish Welsh and Norwegian. Her family came over through Canada into Buffalo

[@raymonddixon7603]

Jason my name is not Irish per se but we have been in Ireland since Jesus was a baby. We have not found a trace outside of Ireland. There are lots of people here without Irish names. We have been told by numerous doctors over the years that we have some kink in our blood which is common in Nordic countries.

[@lindah.1104]

@@raymonddixon7603 Those darn Viking marauders! 🙂

[@ingridclarke9054]

My Clarke’s in Ireland immigrated to Ontario Canada before the famine. Then made their way to northern Michigan. I a very old photo of that 4th or 5th great grandpa Clarke. They were Orangemen.

[@heffo67]

For starters, Mont and Dale (for eg) are both English elements of names. People in Ireland with those in their names are descended from English. Irish people did not Anglicise their names or place names that was done by the English. O' as in O'Sullivan, does not mean really mean son of...that is Mac or Mc (coming from the Gaelige Mic, meaning son). O' means 'descendant of' or 'belonging to the clan of' it can also mean 'the grandson of'.

[@i.m.s.s2564]

Thanks, my surname is Havron, in irish. Ó hAmhráin, or son of Amhrán, Supposedly the name of a family who were anciently chiefs of Dal Fiatach.

[@winluben2909]

My grandfather was a Havron. I’ve had a hard time finding info on this name. Thank you. My DNA said I was Welsh/Irish and Gaul ( French) I always thought the Havron name was the French part .

[@katharina...]

The letter Ó translates to grandson (or descendant), Mc or Mac translates to son (or descendant). The information in this video saying that both Ó and Mc mean "son of" is incorrect.

[@briandavis7811]

I'm sure I have Irish heritage . I was born in Dublin . My father's family was from County Mayo as far as can be traced . The same was true on my mother's side . My family moved to Canada and after 8 yrs of waiting to to enter legally , we moved to the US.

[@Richard-od3gc]

You were born in Dublin ffs your more Irish than these my dogs cousins uncles was Irish Watered down German English yanks that's how the Irish tend to look at it anyway

[@grudzz7049]

???...

[@vangogo6819]

I have a shrink with a very good sense of humor, because I'm mostly Irish and my face "is the very map" he always wishes me a Happy St. Patrick's Day, a couple of years ago he told me he was Irish for the day, he's from Turkey and I a Muslim. I laughed so hard, now every St. Paddy's i call him Dr. O'........, we both have a great laugh over it. If my mum was alive she would have a conniption!

[@Parker_Douglas]

I’m Scottish my mum’s Scottish but my dads family were Irish my heritage results were 83% Irish/Scottish/Welsh in that order the rest is Southern Greece Southern Italy & 5% Baltic My surname is Muldoon & I’m definitely going to start my family tree.

[@maryg.249]

O’Briens, McWilliams, Neels, Daltons in our family tree. Been to Ireland twice. A lovely country with lovely people.

[@ladycirclewoman3821]

O'Brien, Mulcahy, Conway, Kenneally, Kiely in my family...went to Ireland once and met family still there...you and I have been lucky...Bless the Irish Spirit!!! AND it would be delightful to find myself related to you somewhere on the tree through the O'Briens...the world is a funny place!!

[@djacobs3312]

Mary G. I have O’Neil in my direct lineage

[@dawnleopold]

My maiden name is O’Brien but I don’t know many of my relatives on that side because they were from across the pond I was told and my parents were divorced when I was very young. Who knows lol. I never been to Ireland but I would love to go I heard it was beautiful 🙂

[@fatimak1382]

shameful what the RC church did to Irish children though in their Industrial Schools. Ireland lost at least a Million Irish people because of the Church and Bad ignorant Politicians, many who survived those child prisons left Ireland on turning 16 years old out of desperation to escape the clutches of the Church, never to return.

[@valtimon]

@@fatimak1382 England was so terrified by the spread of French revolutionary ideals the after the Irish equivalent rebellion in 1798 which it succeeded in stamping out it befriended the official RC church which was used as an instrument for the continuance of English conservative oppression

[@carolynesimpson6070]

My 2 nd Great Grandfather Michael Moloney (Maloney) came from Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland. He was a travelling Tailor. His wife Flora(Florence ) Donnelly came from CLONMEL, Tipperary, Ireland. She was a child when she came to Lancashire , England. Im proud to have Irish Ancesters. This is on my fathers Paternal side. On his maternal side I have 2 nd Great Grandparents, Owen King and Catherine Owens from Roscommon, Ireland.

[@williamblaney3316]

Blaney and Currie from Ireland here. Has been very hard to research due to the fact the families were so large and most used EXACTLY the same names for their kids in each family. Also found quite a few who had named a later child with the same first name as one child who had died young. Thanks for this info.

[@tarsxenomorph8845]

Sometimes families using the same names again in the next generation can actually help tracing a family. First son is named after fathers father. First girl after mother mother. Second son after mothers father. Third son after fathers brother.

[@teresanash-mcneil-hf1fo]

Blaney was a Norman name they came over with William the Conqueror. Roger de Montgomery was nobility given lands and a castle in what was then the Marshes now Mid-Wales, the Blaneys were with Roger de Montgomery, they established Montgomery the town, in what was then Montgomeryshire, now Powys. There are still Blaney’s in the area all descendants of the original Blaney

[@nickiealley1995]

I started working on my family genealogy because I was interested in finding out where the epilepsy came from. I ended up doing my DNA and found out I was 76.2% Irish. I wasn't that surprised because 60% of my family has red hair. My husband and I have black hair but our children and grandchildren have red hair. After much research I found out my family's are all from the Dublin area. I have 5 separate families that migrated from Ireland. I'm proud of my discovery.

[@mysterymansbattycrease9277]

@@sallyire1 yeah I’m irish the most common hair here is black or brown I rarely see gingers tbh

[@sarahjane9692]

I used 23&me which I kind of regret. On 23&me they link the Irish & British together, as well as the German & french 🤷🏻‍♀️. According to 23&me I'm 75% Irish & British, and 25% German & French. I wish 23&me was More specific & detailed. Maybe I should've used Ancestry.com🤔.

[@amylynnhunt55]

Ancestry's way of telling you where you're from is a bit of a mess. If you do that, be sure you've built a really strong family tree. If they both are telling you the same thing, yay. But if you look at their maps - for instance, my Mother got back a very surprising 60% Scotland on Ancestry's DNA test, and the map covers area that's all over the place. We have nothing but ancestors born in the United States for generations, then it's England, more England... not very spicy :0)

[@zettemueller4540]

@@sallyire1 ALOT of black haired Irish were from the Spanish Armada. There was a terrible storm during the Spanish Armada’s attack of England. Many Spanish men washed up on Irish coasts. These were the “black “Irish.

[@DudleyVJ1]

Epilepsy is not hereditary. There are many reasons 75% of cases begin at childhood staring spells and a few seconds of mental absence. 25% seizures start later in life. Lack of air flow at birth or later head injury in most cases. Essential!! Look into vitamins your B vitamins are very important. B complex, b3, b6,b12, folic acid,pantothenic acid,magnesium, L-Tyrosine & taurine. Very important calcium & zinc. Important is coenzyme Q10, DMG. Look into this find a good source of these supplements. You can try standard process company they are pricey but they have no fillers and are one of the best companies out there. Good luck on your quest! I know that’s a lot of vitamins but at least you’ll be on your way to a better and healthier lifestyle.❤️

[@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts]

I am part black Irish we have Riley, Ryan, my mother is from a carribbean island called Montserrat where the Irish people lived as overseers during slavery, not that the irish folk were treated well even with the jobs they had, when slavery was abolished the islanders kicked out the British and many Irish people stayed and integrated with the islanders. There are a few more surnames in my family but I am not sure if they are Irish such as Semper, Bradshaw, Cabey to name but a few.

[@theravyshow2570]

That's why the accent in the Caribbean is similar to an Irish accent!

[@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts]

@@theravyshow2570 exactly 👍😊

[@sarahjane9692]

I believe many of the Irish immigrants and African slaves procreated due to them both being treated in similar ways and both we're considered "less than" human amongst many other racial groups. This has happened since the beginning of time, in every country, continent, Etc. The whole world🤦🏻‍♀️ It's sad, but true.

[@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts]

@@sarahjane9692 @Sarah Connor Absolutely there is a video on KZbin about the black Irish, they are clearly mixed, I heard tales of kindness from the Irish during slavery times, my family has a mix of complections from the light to the very dark even the accent has a touch of the Irish.

[@waynebrady4296]

I have had the privilege to celebrate St Patrick’s day on this island….what a night the best ever

[@Headspace101]

My tutor at Uni when I did an Irish history module told me that the ‘O’ prefix stands for grandson of, whereas Mc is son of.

[@joerudnik9290]

I had always heard the’O’ was indicative of being Catholic. Many dropped the ‘O’ during Protestant oppression.

[@johnharrington6122]

Mine is Harrington , my ancestors were from County Cork , Southern Ireland . They were “ Gentlemen Knights “ with a shield with a rope knot , I’m most likely related to famous Golfer , Padraig Harrington . My relative, James Harrington , settled in New Jersey in the 1880’s. John

[@BrandonSmith84]

I have O'Neill in my tree. Their American surname was Neill. They took out the O' William Neill was born in Ireland around 1725 he was the Captain of the North Carolina Militia. His Grandfather was a O'Neill. Possibly from the Ó Néill dynasty

[@whitebird5383]

My grandfathers name was also William Neill, I always wondered why there wasnt an O in front of it.

[@tales7832]

The O'Neills that dropped the O was due to widows trying to provide for their children due to extreme racism against the Irish

[@brianbreen1026]

@@whitebird5383 The o*Neills came from Ulster,they were lords.Anyone who accepted soup from the Sassenagh{English} lost their title mc,Ni,O.This was during a so called famine in Ireland,there was any amount of food,it was shipped to England.Nothing against the Ordinary English ,Their lives were hell too.Slan.

[@waltond1127]

Brandon, we could be distantly related. I am currently working on my family line with Neil in it and my understanding is that supposedly they came from NC with the McCulloch family.

[@sherriballard4781]

It's possible that you come from the O' Neill's of Shane's castle in Northern Ireland. My many times great grandfather came to USA in the 1700s. He married Ann Cox and they had many children. It seems like one of his descendants dropped the O. It's been a few years since I researched.

[@bornfree0507]

My maternal grandfather’s surname was McNutt. Someone said it was probably originally McNaughton or something else that was shortened at Ellis Island when they came to the states.

[@philipethier9136]

Again, Ellis Island copied whatever name was on the ship manifest.

[@firethewolf9922]

My family name is O'Donahue, and I've tried looking for stuff about it but I haven't been able to find out a lot. So I hope this video will help out some!

[@edwardjoseph2993]

You will use to use the original Irish spelling of the surname

[@pennymurphy5449]

O'DONOHUE RAISED IN CANADA. RECORDED SOME AS HORSE WRANGLERS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND. OUR NAME WAS SPELLED O'DONGHUE AT ONE TIME

[@kmoore6105]

I would love to find my grandmother’s family for my mom. Their last name was Brewer and had roots in NC and NY. She was half Irish and half black.

[@TK-ij2xi]

Through research of coloring, surname, and DNA, I was able to figure out I'm 65% Irish and my family came out of Galway. What's even more interesting (to me) is that most of my Irish background is from the darker side of the family.

[@userbosco]

Our family's research led us to believe that my father's family came from the Republic of Cork, Ire. On my first visit to the City of Cork, I was quite floored when I found our surname was all over the place, from fish mongers to bakeries, to taxi's, and on and on. Here in the states, it's very uncommon, especially in the south. There's a number of "us" up in New England, but unicorns everywhere else.

[@frazzledhaloz3184]

Omg my uncle is a Cork…..lol

[@kevinmorbidthelostcronin1984]

Exact same situation for me: Southern who's family is in New England and ancestry from County Cork. Until a couple years ago, I spent 3 decades in the South. I know of three people outside of my nuclear family with the same surname in the state across those 30 years. Meanwhile, I visited New England for a wedding and expected a "nice hall". Instead, the event was massive. Almost everyone shared one of three surnames (which included mine). One of my uncles said my dad had to join the military and get stationed in Florida, just so he could date someone he was not related to.

[@audreynewell2460]

@@kevinmorbidthelostcronin1984 I grew up a Murphy and became a Newell both Irish I hear

[@sharonprice42]

Must be O'Sullivan

[@craig1479]

It's County Cork, not republic

[@Laynasmuse]

💚 my father was a Casey but before they came to the US it was spelled O'cathasaigh 💚

[@JohnSeaward]

Both my sides of my family heritages are urish/ scotish / wales but before going to scotish and irish and wales lands one side of the tree comes somewhere from europe/ scandanavian/ viking area

[@wyominghome4857]

My great-grandfather was Irish and a Crandall - crane + dale, or from the valley of the cranes. I always thought that was lovely. Not many Crandalls around though.

[@theravyshow2570]

Although a Cran in Irish is the word for tree. (Crann).

[@wyominghome4857]

@@theravyshow2570 I didn't know that! I always assumed that since the name didn't sound obviously Irish that his family must have come from England originally. Perhaps not!

[@moorek1967]

My great-grandfather was a Moore. Beyond that, I have no idea. He claimed on the WWII draft notice (he was almost 70 at the time), he said he was born in County Clare. I called the County Clare genealogy department at the library, they said his name was rare for that part of Ireland.

[@cathy2051]

A lot of Moore in limerick county not far from clare they share a border.

[@whitetroutchannel]

im decended from moore's, its a common name in northern ireland

[@philipethier9136]

Lucky you. I have not seen a lot of County names on USA draft cards.

[@marshaboody9069]

Our name is McGill.My mothers aunts became nuns in Ireland.The three sisters were sent to work with Mother Theresa in Calcutta India.We would exchange letters and gifts.They also sent reports about everything they were doing to help the poor people and lepers.They spent the rest of their lives there helping Mother Theresa in all she did.

[@mcclaynjazmyn9845]

My great great great great grandmother of the early 1800's in America, was a Callahan, so I'm proud of my Irish ancestry

[@carmencolon8012]

Having been born and raised in the Caribbean, I always thought that I had gaellic Spanish ancestry until I went to the mainland USA. Then people started asking me why I had a "funny" accent and saying that I was French Irish. More recently, while completing genealogical research I have found last names like Irlanda, Morfi and Solivan among my ancestors. I do have very "Irish" looking relatives.

[@Sandwich13455]

What's"Irish looking", European?

[@johnkelly9463]

@@Sandwich13455 no, Gaelic, which is European, just like an Italian or German would have ethnic characteristics.

[@johnnybracciole5490]

My mother's a Colon....👍

[@Dilydaydream1]

Irish people were first 'slaves' shipped to carribbean pre africans as unpaid servants by british rulers. As african slaves landed they mixed slaves for molato mixed race slaves. Hence a lot of irish names in carribbean families.

[@wmg111]

My father's mother was an Obrian, and my mother's father was a Riley. They all combined with a smattering of German and English to make me a Canadian.

[@celticm6616]

That's why a quarter of the world speaks Irish isn't it

[@RobertK1993]

O'Brien

[@pemj7360]

Yep definitely I. Irish on my nans side her blood line goes way way back . My great grand dad was German and my grandad was born in Ireland. I was born in Ireland 🇮🇪. So I'm a happy Paddy

[@renalangstaff730]

My paternal grandmother was born in Boyondie (?)Scotland. She was a Smith. Claimed Scotch/Irish. Her father died when she was young. She came to America soon aftet

[@bjsouth9719]

Surnames were frequently "Americanized" by spelled by how they sounded to officials upon reaching America. I have ancestors named O'Bleness whom we all assumed were Irish. They were from Belgium.

[@Autumn_Forest_]

The opposite happened in my family. They dropped the O’ once they reached Ellis island.

[@AmberWool]

The only people who had their name changed upon arrival in the US are those people. When a person's name was written down upon arrival the writer asked how it was spelled. Sometimes the immigrants had their names already written down by someone from the old country who could read and write. Thinking, "Oh, somebody at Ellis Island changed the spelling," is just wrong.

[@auroraborealis6009]

My mom's maiden name was Jurczak. The spelling variations are endless. My grandparents didn't speak English when they arrived from Poland. Later on, they spoke with very heavy accents. Census documents show a great deal of creativity in spelling.q

[@Autumn_Forest_]

@@AmberWool About my comment above - my family PURPOSEFULLY changed the spelling at Ellis Island so as to not look so Irish. (They basically lied and thereby changed it themselves.)

[@ralphlombardi5731]

I have researched for many years and the supposition that names were changed upon arriving at Ellis Island is wrong. The ship passenger lists were filled out in the originating port from where they sailed.

[@NorthMountainFairy]

We traced our Caldwell side of the family to Northern Ireland before they migrated. The name means “cold well” or “cold spring”, a reference to a local natural feature.

[@cooldaddy2877]

yes it can but it is also a native mid Ulster name Mac Cathmhaoil and has nothing to do with the origin you state.

[@NorthMountainFairy]

@@cooldaddy2877 I was given that info by my aunt who researched our genealogy with my mom before DNA analysis was a thing. I don’t know from where she got the info. Ancestry DNA has confirmed most of what they had found so I never had reason to doubt any of the info they provided the family. I apologize if the error ruffled your feathers.

[@cooldaddy2877]

@@NorthMountainFairy Hi, no my feathers are not ruffled. Its just that there is sssooooo much bad info out there about Irish/Scots surnames. This info sadly comes from Americans and English. If your DNA has been raced back to Ulster then you are native Irish Mac Cathmhaoil. This surname is also found phonetically as McCawell. If your DNA takes you back to central Scotland then you are indeed from the "cold well".

[@irishcoyne4371]

My grandma Elinor Coyne came to USA in 1912, at the age of 16 by her self. So I’m really trying to to get my Coyne family to at least

[@johnscanlan9335]

I had a friend in elementary school named Stephen Coyne. He came from a very nice family.

[@MikeyJMJ]

You can check the Irish census records available online from 1911 and 1901. If you know what county she came from and even better if you know the parish. Her name might've been originally spelled as Eleanor, so it might help to check both.

[@mbaldwin8063]

My mother was a a CONNOLLY. We traced the her side of the family to the CONNOLLY Clan in IRELAND.

[@garygrant9612]

From my DNA i learned that I did have an Irish background as I was told as a young boy. My surname is close to the name Fitz. Now for the kicker, I have two grandchildren, one boy and one girl, who happen to have light red or auburn hair. Before my DNA results I was amazed, where did this color hair come from, now I know, from their grandfather.

[@kathleenoconnor7909]

Mixed Filipino and English but a full Irish name and no nothing of my Irish roots, found this very interesting 🤩

[@jononeill8729]

O kathleeeen.. you have the blood in ye

[@jonnyn8928]

That does have better implications than DNA does. Irish surnames imply Irish ancestry.

[@jonnyn8928]

That does have certain implications. A lot more than DNA does.

[@dana1156]

Being 100 % Irish. It is lovely to see people finding their heritage. It would be a lot easier if the fire in 1922 had not destroyed a lot of the records going back over a hundred yrs. Some are lost for good. .

[@briandavis7811]

I am 100% Irish also . Both my parents and both sisters and I were born in Ireland 🇮🇪 my younger brother was born in Canada . We came to the US in the mid 60s legally , the process took about 8 years from Canada 🇨🇦

[@noelfleming3567]

Ya and Bingham burning d Catholic churches wiping out all early records

[@KevinKevin-p8z]

My family are from County Kerry i believe.They left during the Potato Famine and our surname is Shann.

[@jonniejam-shovel6405]

Regrettably no. However I can heartily recommend to viewers of your channel; Fine quality Irish Whiskey. Cheers.👍 to you one and all.❤

[@sandrastone5847]

My maiden name is McElhannon. Most people can’t pronounce it correctly. A lot of people who immigrated had their name mangled or changed completely by the people who processed them.

[@TheLightbright01]

My brother had DNA done and said was English and Irish. My sister said she was shocked. I said why I have been telling you this forever. Our sir name was Raymond. For years I told them lots of Raymond's live in London. My grandmother's sir name was Ward. She was red head.

[@philipmichael4106]

My Granny, God rest her, was an O'Keefe. She hailed from County Cork. She married an Allen, who lived in England.

[@eoghandoherty125]

Good little documentary but I will correct you on 1 thing. The reason why Murphy Kelly pronounced in English was because the British outlawed Gaelic language and made it illegal to speak it along with other laws that more or less sabotaged Irish culture.

[@jgdooley2003]

McLysaghts book featuring Irish surnames is a good source of family histories on a very general way.

[@dryflyman7121]

Thanks for that John, very useful. Am I right in thinking that McHugh is mainly from Mayo, Leitrim or Roscommon? My Great Grandmother was a McHugh. 👍

[@dryflyman7121]

@johanna walsh thanks Johanna, much appreciated. One of the only positive things about lockdown in England is we can now buy Powers Whiskey over here !! My wife is a Kehoe from Wexford, but I fly fish in Mayo, have done for 26 years ! I never knew that was where my Great Grandmother was from ! 👍😘

[@Acornhouseworkshop]

Surnames are not the key, you have to trace the lineage. My last name is Kenney, and grew up thinking it was Irish; even had some genealogy solely based on the name tracing back to the original Irish tribe. When I actually traced the genealogy, I discovered Kenney was derived from Kinne, an English family.

[@gayupgayup4834]

God bless you

[@planetyouranus22]

The trouble is, people have been moving about, back and forth, up and down, and all around these Islands. (The British Isles) For Millennia. So much so, that we are all a mixed bag of all sorts. As they say in Scotland! "We're a' Jock Tamsons Bairn's!"

[@hlmoore8042]

@@planetyouranus22 I've found that out. Six out of eight of my grands came from Ireland I can prove that. I did that dna thing and found out that I am one third EACH Irish, Scottish and English....with a tad Welsh thrown in for good measure. I have ZERO clue where I am Scottish. I am guessing that the Scottish moved to Ireland. I am stuck at the moment and cannot go further. I've been doing this now for about 21 years.

[@maddiemaccheese8170]

Definitely. I have a VERY Irish surname but that's because my paternal grandpa was adopted by an Irish immigrant family. We have no idea what his lineage was (he was a John Doe as a baby with no real record), but according to Ancestry DNA, my dad is barely Irish at all!

[@Acornhouseworkshop]

@@hlmoore8042 I found one ancestor who emigrated from Scotland had stopped first in Ulster, which apparently had a Scottish enclave.

[@julierodriguez5583]

My grandmother was McGuire, and my greatgrand mother's was Powell they came from the county Cork

[@Mr67Stanger]

I come from the Armstrongs that lived in St Croix. One of them, married a Dutch fella with the surname Cuvelje. They migrated to Ponce, PR. One of their kids got my GGGrandmother pregnant by around 1870 and here I am!

[@AnneDowson-vp8lg]

The Armstrongs were from the Scottish border. They were reivers who used to raid England for cattle, but then an English family like the Metcalfes would raid them back! It was wild on the Scottish/English border until 1603 when James VI of Scotland became James I of England. I have both Armstrong and Metcalfe cousins.

[@elaynebrant6842]

I have a book about my family lineage in Ireland. It's a 2 inch thick book that dates back to several Lairds and a pirate an a few murderers. I have a code of arms and my father is from one very famous man who fought and died at the Alamo. George Washington Cottle. Part of his story is in history books. The other side of my family is Native American he too is famous.

[@rridderbusch518]

That's *Coat of Arms,* sir, not code of arms.

[@stevencaldwell838]

I am adopted. I found my natural mother and she is a Cooper and from what she told me about my natural father is that he was a Nicholas/ McNicholas. I also took a DNA test and found that I am 65% Irish decent and 35% Netherlands Dutch…

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

My familys' name is Dunsmore-- the neighborhood named Dunmore is supposedly in the southern parts of Ireland by another neighborhood named Dundalk (I live in Maryland, USA close to a neighborhood named Dundalk today).

[@jmk1962]

There are two Dunmores in Ireland. Dunmore East in Waterford and Dunmore West in Galway,

[@s.leemccauley7302]

My 6th great grandfather came from Antrim he was born there about1750 and dmigrated here with his brother William . They both fought in the American war for independence. My ancestor hated tories All of his life because they had broken his health on a british prison ship after a. Tory betrayed a group of patriots and they were captured in a surprise raid by the british troops.

[@rivermoon6190]

I’d best not tell you about my ancestor who despised the Labour Party for what they did to him early in his life. Actually they are just as bad today, so no change there.

[@runninggirl2765]

What a wonderful history!!

[@darkwitnesslxx]

My surname is Roark, changed from o'Rourke by my grandfather. It was anglicized from the Gaelic O Ruairc not sure when. It was a pretty large clan, including several Kings of Breifne.

[@minigirl6379]

I hope you're not related to Beto 0%Rourke. He's such a creepy loser.

[@billiewallace5164]

@@minigirl6379 The O’Roarks descended from high kings of Ireland dropped the O when they came to America So he wouldn’t be descended from him Billie Faye Roark

[@guruuDev]

I'm a Canadian with Irish surname of Devitt. It was listed as a long standing Irish surname in Leon Uris' Trinity. One family detail I recall, is that my Irish great grandfather was first mate on a sailing vessel that sailed around the world three times.