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From: Wanda Shepherd <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Glennon Y-DNA Study Background & Design
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:29:54 -0400
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Hi,
Why not extend your research to include other Irish names. You never know
what might turn up. Through marrying, the name would change, but the genes
would remain intact? Wanda

Glennon/McNeil wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Ann Turner saw an announcement that I am starting a Y-DNA study of the
> Glennon name and contacted me about subscribing to this list. I spent
> a lot of time yesterday reviewing past postings. I have to say that I
> am very impressed by the people involved and your knowledge of the
> subject. I apologize for, what will be, a longer message than is usual
> here.
>
> Irish family history is particularly ripe for the help that Y-DNA tests
> can give. While I can trace my Welsh and English ancestors into the dim
> distant past, I can trace my Irish Glennons only to an 1845 marriage.
> The English destruction of the Irish religion, culture, language, and
> records creates a wall in the tracing of most individual Irish family
> lines.
>
> Glennon is a somewhat unusual Irish name. Only 350 Glennon families
> were listed in the 1848-1864 Griffith's Valuation, fewer still in the
> 1820s and 1830s Tithe Applotment records, and only 26 families in Seamus
> Pender's 1659 "census" of Ireland. Irish surname experts attribute two
> or three separate, distinct origins to these early Glennons.
>
> My personal experience captured my interest. In 1985, a cousin and I
> were able to discover that our Glennons came from a small country place
> in Co. Galway named Glinsk not far from Roscommon town. We visited
> there and found the local Glennon family who were incredibly welcoming
> and hospitable. They soon told us that there were two Glennon families
> from Glinsk who were "no relation to each other." And which Glennons
> were we? We had no idea.
>
> When I learned about Y-DNA, I had the tool to take my search for my
> Glennons farther back in time. Do all Glennons descend from a common
> ancestor? If so, when did such a person live? (Surnames began to be
> used in Ireland in the 11th century.) And there was that pesky
> question, which Glennons are you?
>
> The records mentioned above show Glennons to be concentrated in the
> midland counties of Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, and some others
> nearby. My objective is to recruit Y-DNA samples from several Glennon
> men who trace their ancestors to specific places in each of these
> areas. To date, 10 men have given their samples to Family Tree DNA for
> testing representing two (Galway & Roscommon) of the five to nine
> target counties.
>
> I would like to make this sample much larger and more diverse
> geographically. My recruits to date have come from a third cousin,
> genealogical correspondents, people I have met in Ireland, Internet
> postings by others that I have followed up on, and a cold phone call to
> a man in Ireland. Each of these men can place a Glennon ancestor in a
> particular location in Ireland in the mid 1800s. Today's test results
> probably describe the Y-DNA of these male ancestors in the mid 1800s and
> by projection, other Glennons of that time and local.
>
> How can I get more participants? I have posted notices to as many
> Glennon bulletin boards as I can find. I have put inquiries in
> genealogical society newsletters and submitted an article to the Irish
> Genealogical Society, Int'l newsletter, the Septs. While some of these
> have yet to have their full effect, I am still looking for ways to
> recruit participants, especially for certain unrepresented Irish
> Counties. Does anyone have any ideas how I can find more Glennons who
> know where in Ireland their ancestors come from?
>
> I have taken up more of your time and space than I intended. I welcome
> any suggestions you may have.
>
> Clarke Glennon
>
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