John, my understanding is that the O'Neal's are considered to be protestant and the O'Neill's are considered to be Catholics. I learned this when researching our family tree. Curtis O'Neal, MBA, J.D. ----- Original Message ----- From: O'Neill, John (BNB/ENB) <john.o'neill@gnb.ca> To: <ONEALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: [ONEALL-L] re: O'Neill vs Oneill > Can anyone tell me is the selling " Oneill " relates to protestant and " > O'Neill " relates to Catholic? > > > ------------------------ > John O'Neill > john.o'neill@gnb.ca > > > > > >