Biddy Kane ~ Bridget Kane ~ 1927 National Geographic Colour Photograph

Dear IrelandXO

My 2rd Great Grandmother was Biddy Kane, Married to John McNama 1848.

Could our Biddy Kane be related to Bridget Kane? Is our Biddy Kane an Aunt of Bridget Kane?

When I saw the recent article and photograph celebrating the 1927 National Geographic photo, identifying the 3 generations of Irish Woman from Galway, I was shocked when I looked at the photograph of Bridget Kane!

I saw a striking resemblance of myself! I looked closely at the details of Bridget and saw my face, my body type and I often stand the way she is standing. I sent the photo to my Aunt, who also saw the resemblance and so we started researching the Kane family.

My Aunt is registered on Ancestry and has completed her DNA and built a Family Tree to further our search for our Irish roots. We were able to search her DNA links through the Kane family name and Biddy Kane shows as our 2nd Great Grandmother.

We are following a Catholic Parish Marriage record for John McNama and Bessy Kane, Marriage date May 17th, 1848, Kiltoghart Parish, Ardagh, County Leitrim.

My Great Grandmother is Mary McNama, baptised August 15th, 1851 in Kiltoghart Parish, Ardagh, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, to Biddy Kane & John McNama.

We have located a Catholic register for Mary McNama ~ parents listed as Biddy Kane and John McNama of Ardagh.

We are eager to link all the Bidddy Kane records as our 2nd Great Grandmother and locate Biddy’s birth/baptism records.

We are also interested to know if there are other possible relatives on the Kane family line, who have completed their DNA and are registered on Ancestry.

Christine & Bridget