DNA IDENTIFIED MY MORONEY FAMILY

 Irish Genealogy can be a formidable task.  Researching Irish records is limited.  Civil marriage, birth and death did not commence until Jan 1864, 

Catholic Emancipation passed in 1829.  This is around the time that the Catholic churches started written records.  There are some Catholic parishes in Ireland that started a little earlier than 1829 and there are some that didn't keep records until the 1870.  The Kilfarboy Parish church Records start in 1831 and Killmurry-Ibrickane Parishes that were combined until 1839 have their  records starting in 1839.  

There are only two Irish census records available 1901 and 1911.

After I exhausted the written documents I was stalled for years until a few years ago when the autosomal DNA because available.

I have always shared my genealogical findings with any of my cousins that would have an interest.  My father, Edward P O'Brien b 1919 had 51 1st cousins all born in America.  Tom and Katie Moroney would never get a chance to meet one of their 51 grandchildren nor would the grandchildren ever meet their grandparents.

With the advent of Genealogical DNA's popularity rising, I thought that this may lead to a hint to the parentage of Thomas Moroney born in 1858 in Ireland to a Michael Moroney and an unknow mother.

My grandmother, Mary Moroney's  youngest brother, Patrick Moroney has two daughters, Theresa and Eileen that have been DNA tested on Ancestry.  When I looked at one of the girls and compared her to her sister the results showed they shared 1651 cm (centiMorgans).  This is the amount of DNA in cm that two siblings should share. 

The next step was to look at who both sisters and see who they both shared DNA with.  The list always starts with the largest amount of centiMorgans of DNA held by the tester.  First step was to isolate the Moroney sisters father;s DNA from their mother's DNA.  I only searched testers that held their father's DNA.

The first twenty were identifiable Moroney nieces or nephews.  There were no 1st cousins because these two sisters are the only two surviving from that generation.  

Scrolling down to a smaller match past all the nieces, nephews, 1st cousins once removed (like myself) and the 2nd and 3rd cousins; I found a 3rd cousin 2x removed with 36 cm. Lisa Raimen is the 3rd great granddaughter of Patrick Moroney the brother of my 2nd great grandfather, Michael Moroney living in Australia.  

When I compare Eileen's shared matches with Lisa in Australia she not only matches Eileen's nieces and nephews but descendants of her Aunt Ellen Moroney O'Neill and Uncle Michael Moroney and other closer cousins of hers in Australia.

The next match is with Kristy-Anne Cooper of Australia and she is a 3rd cousin 1x removed and her and Eileen share DNA with Eileen's Aunts Molly Moroney O'Brien, Ellen Moroney O'Neill. Elizabeth Moroney Donovan and Uncle Michael Moroney's descendants.

There are other numbers matches that include all my grandmother's siblings descendants and there are matches with another brother's descendants, John Moroney that stayed on the farm in Caherrush, Miltown Malbay with marriages to the Friel and O'Conner families in the parish.