The infertile Irish Mail
Posted on 01/17/2006 9:16:45 AM PST by NormsRevenge
My wife was part Irish....so does the chromosome link show up in my son....I have no known links to Ireland.
Thanks for the ping aculeus!!
I'm probably not a descendant - because apparently I am a 'Westbrit', at least according to Sinn Feiners....
The infertile Irish Mail
Good grief! I've completely forgot about those things. Don't recall if I ever owned one but remember riding on one as kid ... too many years ago.
That must pre-date the chain....
Here's Laise Moore's Irish Haplotype data (and it turns out that I am quite close to the Ue Niell type).
I wonder if he was a red-head.
If I'm not mistaken, Abram was a descendant of Noah's son, Shem.
Gotta mention Finn McCool.
A Salute to the red hand of the O'Neill (which as it appears on their crest) and in history was his left hand.
No but he formally claimed it. Legend has it that he and a competitor saw the island at the same time and raced their boats to be first to set foot on the island to make their claim. Niall was behind in the race and to make sure he won, he cut off his left hand and threw it ahead to touch the island first.
This is why the family crest of the O'Neal has a left hand in red on it.
The Black and Tan is an American invention. No self respecting Irishman would contaminate his Guiness with Bass.
Cool! I think I'd heard that legend before a long time ago but I didn't recall it until you mentioned it.
Niall the Nailer.
How could I not click?
Well, there's an O'Niel in my family tree.
:')
The Washingtons are of unusual antiquity in European terms, let alone American ones. A direct male ancestry has been traced back to William de Wessington or Wessyngton (i.e., Washington, a town in Tyne and Wear, formerly County Durham, in northern England), who was living in the late 12th century. The remoter ancestry is not absolutely certain but a detailed argument has been put forward for William de Wessington's descent in the male line from Eochu Mugmedon, High King of Ireland in the mid-4th century, through his son Niall of the Nine Hostages. Niall reigned as King of Ireland at a time when the Romans had not yet gone home to Italy from across the water in Britain. Indeed he may have been the Irish king who waged war on Stilicho, father-in-law of the Emperor Honorius who was the last Roman ruler of Britain. From Eochu and Niall descend the O'Neills, the oldest family traceable in the male line in Europe.
If the link between William de Wessington and Eochu is accepted, it makes Washington the first of many American Presidents with direct male line Irish ancestry, though he must have been the only one not to boast about it to win votes.
Its American all right but just like St Pat's it has made its way back to Ireland. I had quite a few in Sligo!
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