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Irish_Dem

(46,924 posts)
15. Well maybe.
Fri Aug 5, 2022, 12:57 PM
Aug 2022

Some of the trees on Ancestry are mostly wishful thinking especially when it comes to links to history figures.

I would be happier if we could link your known ancestor to Peter.
But yes, it is possible we are just one generation away from linking you to Peter

We need to see some documentation that your known ancestor John is the child of Peter.

And/or to see you on Ancestry DNA and get some DNA matches to known descendants of Michael.

Then it was be scientific fact back by a paper trail and DNA.

I do DNA adoption searches so I stick to science.

Also I am a bit puzzled by the surname of Michael Dwyer in Ireland but here in the US it is O'Dwyer.
Usually it is the other way around. The "O" is dropped here in the US.

And we don't know how Peter made his way to Tipperary from Wicklow.

I suppose given his brother's notoriety Peter could have gone on the lam and changed his name somewhat.

Wiki is showing Michael was exiled in 1806 to NSW. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #1
thanks. i have started from my parents generation. mopinko Aug 2022 #2
Irish genealogy records are notoriously bad. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #3
maybe i'll break down and do that. mopinko Aug 2022 #4
also, mopinko Aug 2022 #5
OMG that is so great. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #7
fell into it. mopinko Aug 2022 #8
Tommy Makem singing 4 green fields makes me cry. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #19
So you are not a male line Dwyer? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #6
nope. mopinko Aug 2022 #9
One of your relatives on Ancestry have you going back to Peter, brother of Michael. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #10
omg. thank you. mopinko Aug 2022 #11
Well maybe. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #15
the o has come and gone. mopinko Aug 2022 #16
I know that is odd about the surname. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #20
see if you can find jeannie dwyer krier. mopinko Aug 2022 #22
Yes she is the daughter of your uncle Edmund? Your mother's brother. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #25
i think that makes the johns 4 deep. lol mopinko Aug 2022 #12
I think the tree on MH is off a generation, names are not in correct order. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #21
I never knew that! I finally started leafing thru Mom's 4 genealogy books (all done old-school)... Hekate Aug 2022 #33
The given names have to persist in the Irish naming tradition. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #34
The naming patterns are the same in Scotland, for men and women. SharonClark Aug 2022 #48
Right. That is why there are nicknames. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #49
can you see where john landed? mopinko Aug 2022 #13
I will look through naturalization records to see if I can find his ship and arrival port. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #23
i know them. mopinko Aug 2022 #24
i'm ridiculously verklempt here. mopinko Aug 2022 #14
That is frigging hilarious. I have to try that next time I get shit from someone. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #26
i assume there's witches, just dont know who. mopinko Aug 2022 #31
The Druid DNA seems to be quite strong. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #32
i've had practicing witches laugh at me for denying it. mopinko Aug 2022 #35
Absolutely brilliant. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #36
the s&s super is an irishman. mopinko Aug 2022 #37
Ask if he knows what county in Ireland his people are from. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #38
i'm just gonna ask him if he thinks you can call on your ancestors. mopinko Aug 2022 #39
Right how Irish is he really? Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #40
yup mopinko Aug 2022 #41
I think if people do any genealogy they begin to feel their ancestors. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #42
my aunt did it back when it was a ton of work. mopinko Aug 2022 #43
Oh my gosh right, that was a ton of work for sure. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #44
yeah, it's about 40 pages legal. she took it to that new fangled kinkos place. mopinko Aug 2022 #45
Yes very costly hobby back in those days. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #46
no idea how many docs she paid for. mopinko Aug 2022 #47
found him. died in chicago. 1894 mopinko Aug 2022 #17
Yes we are missing two needed birth certs or baps. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #28
Dates are off. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #29
joined in '23 mopinko Aug 2022 #30
i have a couple peeps on ancestry- mopinko Aug 2022 #18
Yes she is your first cousin. I see her tree on ancestry. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #27
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