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Description
For people of the Ó Donnchadha name however spelt today.
There are eleven recognisable ancient O’Donoghue tribal groups in Ireland. They were in Munster: Tipperary, Cork/Kerry, Clare - Leinster: Kilkenny, Wicklow/Dublin, Meath, Ossory - Connaught: Cavan (until 16th C.then Ulster), Galway, Mayo/Sligo. Some of these tribes are said to have come from common stock.
Potential scope and objectives of the project:
•To aid those who are encountering barriers to their family history research, to find new lines of approach
•To build a data base of DNA patterns for the different origin locations across Ireland, potentially providing directional guidance for those who do not know where their ancestors came from
•To confirm known or suspected relationships in historic areas of O’Donoghue occupation (such as the O’Donoghues of Glenflesk/Killarney) or for people for whom oral tradition describes migration from a common location
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
Donaghue, Donaho, Donahoe, Donahoo, Donahue, Donehoo, Donehue, Donihoo, Donoghue, Donoho, Donohoe, Donohoo, Donohue, Donough, Donoughue, Dumphy, Dunahoo, Dunfee, Dunfey, Dunnahoo, Dunnihoo, Dunphey, Dunphy, Ó Donnchadha, O'Donoghue