Happy St. Patrick's Day! I spent years looking for an Irish ancestor. I finally found one! #genealogy #familyhistory #St.PatricksDay https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-found-irish-ancestor.html
I found an Irish Ancestor!

My family tree is rather boring.  Everyone is WASPY.  Most arrived in New England with the Great Migration or before 1650, and if they l...

@HeatherRojo I have a tiny provably-documented link through a modest Quaker family in Northern Ireland, the Carrolls. Family tradition, and now DNA, link to the O’Carroll clan of the Slieve Bloom Mountains region. The link goes through LTC ‘Black Tom’ Carroll, a famous fighter of William of Orange’s English invaders. He died in battle and his two sons were sent North and raised by Protestants. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carroll-1382 #Ireland #genealogy #dna (1/2)
Black Tom Carroll’s brother, Charles Carroll, studied law on the Continent and emigrated to Maryland. The Carrolls account for less than 1% of our own DNA.
#genealogy #dna #ireland (2/2)
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