I am hoping to find some Robinsons whose ancestors have been in Killoe for many generations. My 3rd great grandfather James Robinson was born in New York state about 1780. I do not know the names of his parents, or when his ancestors went to North America. A professional researcher analyzed the Y-DNA reults of two of my Robinson male cousins, and, based on the ancestral surnames (Darcy, Corrigan, McCann, Donohoe, etc) of their DNA matches, he concluded that my Robinson ancestors came from the borderland area of counties Cavan, Longford and Leitrim. If I succeed in finding any Robinson descendants in this area, I will offer to pay for Y-DNA tests for several of them to see if they match with my cousins.
Tuesday 1st Aug 2017, 12:11PM
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Dear IllinoisLass:
Thank you for your post to the Ireland Reaching Out message board and welcome to the site.
You might consider creating a profile about your ancestor James Robinson on the Ireland XO Chronicles feature (which is at the top of this page). You can add whatever information you have about him. It is possible that one of our members reading it may have further information to share. The profiles are updated every week and are a good resource for members to share and collaborate with family research.
The best of luck with your research!
Kind regards,
Jane.
Jane Halloran Ryan
Wednesday 2nd Aug 2017, 11:34AM -
Thanks very much, Jane. It is a good suggestion.
Thursday 3rd Aug 2017, 05:35AM