My Husbands Great-Great Grandmother was also a Breen. There is a web- site called: clan of the o'brien's (Cant remember the actual web- address) & it gives the history of the name from Brian Boru to present day. Breen has evolved into LOTS of spellings including O'Brien. Seems like alot of the changes came when families immigrated to the US or Canada & didn't WANT to be identified as being Irish. On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Breen - Breene Why was the e added ? (Genbuff) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 21:08:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Genbuff <[email protected]> > Subject: Breen - Breene Why was the e added ? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]m> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Does anybody know why the e was added to the end of some families of > Byrne, to Breen to Breene. There is a family story that I suspect has > some truth to it, but lacks accuracy. Does anybody have a clue? Thank > You, M Breene > > > End of GENIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 172 > **************************************