Saturday, 2 November 2019
52. Ancestors...What have you done?
Recent discovery of my all male line, could now have uncovered quite an interesting tale.
For me, it's turned history, a little on it's head.
See, I'm a Fitzgerald (with a little "g") and my genetic research of the past 6 years, is wanting to see what is my Fitzgerald story. Where ever it lands, is where ever it lands. But my hypothesis lands that we maybe off a derivative Fitzgerald line via the Desmond's. The areas of Cork, Limerick and Kerry, are most definitely on the genetic radar.
However, in the past 10 years of normal research, I am very conscious...
Sunday, 20 October 2019

Splitting the Humphries/Hume Lineage (Family Tree / DNA) *Updated 17-FEB-2020
Well, DNA has finally started to show something - really something. And it's exploding.
On my Father's Maternal side, we descend down from a South Western English "Humphries" family and an Irish Co. Kerry "Hume" family.
This...
Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Atkinson's of Newry Co. Down Ireland - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
For the past few months, I started to get a little more involved with my Maternal Grandmother's Atkinson family. See, my Grandmother (Dorothy Wendy) was born as an Atkinson.
Her Father - William Thomas, was alive when I was knowledgeable...
Thursday, 10 January 2019

Dear Cousin Michael,
(Written over a few months)
On the 25th of June 2018, I had just gotten in to my workplace and settled into the flow of Monday Morning's work. I had just started talking to my Supervisor, on how to plan for the day's adventure. Half way though our discussion, about 8am, I had received...