Tuesday 22 November 2016

RECONSTRUCTING WEST CLARE FAMILY HISTORIES USING DNA


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KDHS Lecture: Reconstructing West Clare Family Histories using DNA, by Paddy Waldron

In recent years, it has become possible and affordable to use DNA comparisons to break down brick walls in ancestral research. This talk will begin by briefly outlining the different inheritance paths of different components of DNA. Y-DNA, for example, can shed light on the origins of Clare surnames, while comparing autosomal DNA has helped members of the Irish diaspora from Sandy Hook to California to New Zealand to identify the precise townlands in West Clare from which their mystery ancestors emigrated.

Paddy Waldron wears many hats, including being PRO of KDHS and Ireland Reaching Out volunteer Parish Administrator for Moyarta civil parish, where his paternal grandmother was born in 1884. He has long been an avid genealogist, compiling West Clare family histories from an early age, and has been involved in genetic genealogy since 2013. He is also co-administrator of the Clare Roots project at FamilyTreeDNA.com.

There will be an opportunity to submit your own DNA for comparison after the lecture if you have not already done so. Prices start from USD79.

KDHS lectures are free to members, EUR5 for non-members. New members are welcome. The annual membership fee (July-June) is EUR20.


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PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE RECORDED. I WILL POST A LINK HERE WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.

AS PROMISED, HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE RECORDING..
Reconstructing West Clare Family Histories using DNA

6 comments:

  1. I'll. be there -good timing, as I leave County Clare on 2nd December, thank you

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    1. Now, how's that for coincidence? Hope you enjoy it, Judy. If you want to write something about it and add photos, I'd be happy to publish your experience when you are home again.

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  2. Is this lecture going to be online at all? I am in Australia & have dna for Mum & myself. Mum's maternal grandmother Bridget Doherty born Ennistymon c1862 & grew up in Miltown Malbay.

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    1. Carmel, thanks for your comment. I can't be sure as yet, but will definitely post here if I hear that a podcast is available. They often are. It might be worth your while joining the IGP Co Clare Genealogy Facebook group. Paddy Waldron, along with many DNA devotees, and great researchers, are members...

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    2. PLEASE NOTE... this will be recorded. I will post a link here when it is available.

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    3. See the link to the recording in the post above.

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