More signs point to Longford

 

AncestryDNA. Ancestral Journeys, Central Ireland.

Looking again at my Dad's DNA matches, I am checking closely at those who have Ancestral Journeys connected to Central Ireland (specifically around the Longford and Roscommon area). I've looked at these off and on as part of my DNA research questions. I am starting to see some patterns in a small cluster of matches with names tracing back to Longford.

There's a bubble group, using the terminology in YourDNAGuide's Shared Matches of Matches course, of people who are definitely connected to each other with strong cM amounts, although they have small amounts in common with my Dad. These people have surnames Farrell, Casey, Donlon and Devlin linking back to Longford and appear in the Central Ireland group for AncestryDNA's Ancestral Journeys. There's quite a bit more work to see how these people might be connected to my 3rd-great-grandmother Bridget's families, but it seems promising that these may link to her mysterious lines. Something I'll pick up further when I'm back from upcoming travel.