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Quote from: jane k on Thursday 27 April 23 19:23 BST (UK)

I know very little about the Ancestry DNA testing other than that the results are dependant on the number of people around the world who have already taken the test.

My interest is simply that I have a very Welsh maiden name - Howell - but despite tracing my tree back to the 1790s have not found anyone who was actually born there (presumably because they left Wales at some point prior to that to find work in the English midlands).

Would the DNA test tell me if I do actually have Welsh ancestry?  And if so would it single out a particular area of Wales?

(Please bear in mind my lack of knowledge and keep explanations to words of one syllable!)

Many thanks

I think you need to get further back than the 1790s, as this was the period when the "Industrial Revolution" took off and millions of people moved around the British Isles.

I would love to go back further but am not optimistic as my family were impoverished nail makers and as such only appear on parish records - and have very common names for that area (Edward and Howell).

thanks very much - plenty to keep me busy there!

I know very little about the Ancestry DNA testing other than that the results are dependant on the number of people around the world who have already taken the test.

My interest is simply that I have a very Welsh maiden name - Howell - but despite tracing my tree back to the 1790s have not found anyone who was actually born there (presumably because they left Wales at some point prior to that to find work in the English midlands).

Would the DNA test tell me if I do actually have Welsh ancestry?  And if so would it single out a particular area of Wales?

(Please bear in mind my lack of knowledge and keep explanations to words of one syllable!)

Many thanks

I didn't realise there was another Kerby still lurking in Berkley Court!
There must be a death for her, at least we have a better idea of her age now.
Jon

yes, Isaac spent most of his life living and working in Coleford, Glos but went back to Clerkenwell after his wife died - possibly to be near his brother

Another piece in the puzzle has arrived today.
  I now have the death certificate for John`s brother Isaac Kerby who died 3 months after him in June 1851 at 2 Berkley Court. Guess who registered the death!  Yes, it was Mary Goleson  (very clear on this certificate) and this time although she was still present at the death (and still made her mark) her Residence is 9 Albemarle Street Clerkenwell.  Is it possible she was there at the time of the 1851 Census?