Hi robc4708 & Leagle1,
I saw your post below robc4708, and think I may be the Kelly's you are referring to. You see I match on a Big Y dna test (on FTDNA) with Dempsey's, Duffy, Malloys, Molloys, and a McLean who claims his family is from Tiree, Scotland. And I also match with a Gallagher and some Carrolls (distantly). My closest matches are a McLean from Tiree, a Dempsey, and some Lockharts. I also have a close "Ufford" cousin which is paternal. And a Mackenzie 2nd to 4th cousin (I am not sure if this Mackenzie cousin is a maternal or paternal dna match, because it is a match on an autosomal dna test). I also have two dna matches who claim to be linked to MacKenzie ancestors from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (I'm not sure if these two matches are maternal or paternal either, it's an autosomal test). One of the Mackenzie matches claims to also be connected to the ancestral name of Docherty (also from Paisley). I have a close dna match with a Mulligan, a Hevey, and a Naughton on a YDNA 25 marker test (with a genetic distance of 0). I match with Lockharts on that same Y-DNA 25 marker test with a genetic distance of 1. I also match with a McLucas and a McConkey. I also match with a Treacy, Gorman, Conley, Robertson, Duncan, and Dunbar. My Dempsey match supposedly shares 268,721 dna variants with me on a Big Y dna test. And my McLean match shares 268,254 dna variants with me. My next closest matches on my Big Y dna test are Wilson-266,622 shared, Buchan-266,262 shared, Milligan-265,644, Clark-265,209 (These Clarks claim to be from Co. Sligo). I'd love to figure out what the connection is, since I have been looking for the origins of my Kelly line with very little luck. And I have no idea why I have a close dna connection to a Dempsey and a McLean from Tiree, Scotland. I have a family tree that I created. Would definitely like to discuss it further with both of you (robc4708 & Leagle1), to see what can be shared and discovered.
Hi,
It is great to hear from you. I'm not sure just how the Duffys and Kellys are related to the Molloys, or is it the Dempsey's? That is part of the family tree that I don't have sorted. I do know that my grandfather John Molloy's mother was Ellen Gallagher. Her father was Hugh Gallagher.
I still have an uncle living in Duntocher. He was married to my mum's sister who died a few years ago.
We live in Canada and my mum lives quite far from me, but she will be visiting in the new year and we plan on spending some time going over family history. Maybe we can arrange something then, or perhaps earlier.
Happy Christmas to you all,
Rob