This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Donnell, McFadden, Coll, Curran Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oI4.2ACIB/761.4.1 Message Board Post: Rainy day spent trying to make "connections" -- so here's my thinking and random knowledge. I have an Alice O'Donnell from Burtonsport who married Frank Coll ("Call"). I have a Manus O'Donnell and Grace O'Donnell (don't know their relationship, e.g., brother/sister, husband/wife?) who were the godparents to my four McFadden children in Bethlehem, PA. Generally godparents were related to the family somehow because they had the responsibility of raising the children if something happened to the parents. I also think I have some Sharkeys in my line, through marriage. Does any of this tie to your family? Make sense? Thanks in advance.