My Heritage, an online genealogy program, offered free download of DNA data to their large database. I submitted my data and within a week received results from this company, My hope was they have people interested in family research/history that are not in Ancestry or FamilyTree databases.
There were four hits and one was a Walsh in Mayo, Michael WALSH (1901-1978). My research had discovered Michael’s parents were Michael WALSH (ca 1860- ) & Bridget BRESLANE (1863-1926) of Carrowkeel, Mayo. Michael 1860 is first cousin of Thomas WALSH (1867-1953). Michael’s son John Joseph WALSH (1894-1978) wrote a poem for the adult children of Thomas when he died in 1953. I have been looking for this John J. WALSH for years. The poem is on post #7 of this blog.
With the information gained from the DNA, Ancestry trees were searched. A find was made to a tree which included the Michael WALSH 1860. Now it will be possible to update post # 3 and the family of Michael and his wife Bridget BRESLANE. Most of the children of this family immigrated to New York state, U.S. which was not known. This tree has documentation from Ancestry’s databases some I did not have. Emails have been sent to the submitters at My Heritage and Ancestry so we can collaborate on our knowledge of the families.
