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Bridget Brennan married 3 June 1888 St Nicholas Galway to Patrick Kelly (c.1856-1936).  They had a son John who remained a bachelor (1889-1937).  Bridget died as result of childbirth on 4 Dec 1890 at Suckeen.  Her husband Patrick married 2ndly in Galway in 1896 and had 4 other children.  My interest  is in Patrick's 2nd marriage.   Trust this is of some assistance

Sounds very involved ! but thats for giving me the low-down

Thanks again!

Oh thank you so much - I do feel silly not being able to get the head around it all.   I have been a tad cautious about accepting the relationship from day 1 just because of the lack of supporting evidence and also the place of birth has not been given other than "Ireland", and there is a different mother's maiden surname on marriage certificate but this has been ignored as not fitting with the facts and  perhaps there has been family lore I am not party to but I have been informed we are definitely related but I am still a doubting Thomas.  Its very easy to feel one is becoming obstructive - I'd happily accept it all but just feel we are on rough ground and perhaps the lack of supporting DNA is a pointer to my concerns.  Oh dear - the down-side of a wonderful interest.   I've got lots of links on my line worldwide but not a hint to this family....all very odd!   

Thanks for response.   I have researched extensively however and the other line has been researched also.   I am quite sure there were no adoptions looking at the various records.   Interestingly I can establish links with other family members carrying the Surname back to early 1800s and have plotted them back to the village of origin of my family line - so in short - is it possible for two individuals who share g.grandfathers who were brothers to not have a DNA match or is this a silly question?   Maybe the answer is sometimes "yes" and sometimes "no".   I just find it odd that I have found DNA links to folks even more distantly related so this has become a bit of a stumbling block!!