In a message dated 1/2/2005 7:12:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Am interested in hearing from anyone whose forebears had the name > "Veronica", which means "true face" of Jesus. According to Christian > tradition (not dogma), a woman wiped the face of Jesus on his way to > Golgatha. The cloth she used was said to have the image of Jesus on it. > > I have seen the name in my family and wonder if others have also. We > are from the ONeill/Sheridan families of the parish of Drumlish, > DARING TO BE BE OFF TOPIC veronica's role is suspected to be added to the story as an explaination of the shroud.This is what the knights templars thought and taught. Jim Denning -Ygenealogist-MTgenealogist using dna to connect Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M a.- and ever an growing list