I remember reading a message on one of these lists a few years ago where someone from Donegal said that their ancestors going back four generations were ALL Doughertys! Rob Dougherty www.odoherty1608.com > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:19:21 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] O'Doherty v Doherty > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 7/4/2008 1:30:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > My g-grandmother was Margery Doherty, and g-grandfather's John McGonigle's > sister Mary married a Dougherty in Donegal, while sister Eleanor (who had > emigrated in 1818 with two of their brothers) married a William Dougherty in > > Adams Co., Pennsylvania. I've no idea whether these three > Doherty/Dougherty > folks were related! If they were, that would really tangle the branches of > the > family tree. > > Margo > > Margo, do you have any Friel or Keegan's in your family? > > Janice