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Ancestry/Genealogy

mopinko

(72,130 posts) Sat Dec 26, 2020, 03:25 PM Dec 2020

well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer. [View all]

his brother patrick was my gggrandpa. i thought there would be more greats than that.
pretty cool. i have a little book here about his life. i will be digesting it shortly.

here's a song about him.

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well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer. [View all] mopinko Dec 2020 OP

I just keep finding family scandals! Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #1

well, i found plenty of family grudges. mopinko Dec 2020 #2

Wow! Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #3

it has been all very interesting. there was another adoptee in ireland. mopinko Dec 2020 #4

I'm still stuck in the United States. Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #6

i met one cousin in the town my grandpa came from. mopinko Dec 2020 #8

Now I'm really jealous! Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #10

it's listed as one of the 4 most haunted places in ireland. mopinko Dec 2020 #11

It really is amazing to find out about our ancestors lives. Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #12

well, as a kid i had seizures in the form of hallucinations mopinko Dec 2020 #13

I have the scent thing. It is totally locked into my maternal grandmother and my dad. Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #14

i get those feelings too. mopinko Dec 2020 #15

and those hallucinations. no one ever noticed i was having seizures. mopinko Dec 2020 #16

No! Don't eat the book! Read it! Nitram Dec 2020 #5

. Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #7

lol. ok, ok. mopinko Dec 2020 #9