Hello Colleen I was very interested to see your mail about the DNA result. I am one of many people who gave a blood sample to the LDS Church a couple of years ago in the hope that something/someone might come to light who is/was related. Do you know anything about that series of test, from memory I think they were being taken to the Bingham Young University in Salt Lake. Would you know how to contact them. Roberta Lawson. In beautiful sunny Queensland. My Names are:- O'DONALD. HERBERT. WILSON. CAMERON. MERRICK. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CFitzp@aol.com> To: <IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: [IRL-CAVAN] Fitzpatricks in Co. Cavan > Hi Listers, > > For the last four years I have been conducting a DNA test of the > Fitzpatricks. One of our more remarkable stories is connected with Co. Cavan. > > One of the participants in our study, Mike Patrick of St. Louis, MO, is a > descendent of Edward Fitzpatrick, b. in Ireland Feb 16, 1760. His family was > evidently well off, living in Ireland part of the year and Scotland the other > part of the year. Family legend has it that Edward and his brother were > kidnapped from a beach in Ireland or Scotland when they were boys and brought to the > US and sold as slaves or servants. They were separated and never saw each > other again. Edward tried his whole life to find his family in Ireland, with no > success. He eventually dropped the Fitz from his last name and was later known > as Edward F. Patrick. > > Of course any efforts on Mike and his wife Sandy's part to trace their family > to Ireland has met with no success at all. > > In the DNA study, however, Mike matched Bill Fitzpatrick in Palm Desert, CA > exactly. This means they have a fairly recent common ancestor. Bill traces > his family to Belturbet, Co. Cavan. His ancestor was Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, > born in the 1850s - 1860s. (He had a son Patrick Joseph in 1881.) > > We are looking for a Fitzpatrick from Co. Cavan to take the DNA test to try > to link these stories together. A Fitzpatrick from Belturbet would be the best > of all. We are working through Relative Genetics in Salt Lake City. To > participate you have to be male Fitzpatrick. There is a cost, too, which I can > describe to you offlist. > > If you are interested, please contact me off list. If you want more info > just to konw about DNA testing, please contact with with those questions as well. > Also, if you have heard this story and recognize Edward Fitzpatrick, let me > know for sure. > > I only joined temporarily to post the Charity Hosptial Admission Records last > night, and plan to unsubscribe shortly. > > Colleen > > > ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list click on > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or > mailto:IRL-CAVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode) > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004