Hi Daryl I am a "double' Powell My Paternal Powell family came from Tipperary or County Cork. The emigrated to London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario,Canada in the early 1800s. Many descendants (including my branch) still live in the area. My Maternal Powell family came from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They emigrated, about 1815, and settled in Elizabethtown Township. Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Several of their descendants still live in that area as well. I don't think there was any connection between the two Powell families at least in Ireland. There is no commonality in the descendant names, thats assuming they followed the traditional naming pattern. Bev Powell bwpowell@sympatico.ca Strathroy, Ontario, Canada