I'm hoping my autosomal DNA will help with tracking down my Irish ancestors ..... They have proved elusive for the last 37 years! Three different families, unconnected, and never a sign of any of them. Ruth Sent from my iPad > On 2 Jan 2015, at 20:17, marg o'leary via <[email protected]> wrote: > > "out of character" is perhaps the key.... when it is out of character, than > it is more likely to be hidden and if it is illegal, even more so. > > I am chasing one such family in my dna search where uncle and niece married > defacto and had two daughters - in the 20th century - none of it recorded > but otherwise open. > > Uncle and niece were the same age and brought up in the same household. > Niece was one of nine children of parents who never married as he was > already married (with family). > > The woman's line is Smith so very difficult to track. In fact have come to > dead end. The first wife lived much longer than her husband and defacto. > > Every village seems to have a couple of unmarried women who regularly turn > up having children recorded. > > I liked the story of the woman telling the health worker that her family of > several boys were all called William > > ''isnt that confusing?" > > "no, they all have different surnames" > > Marg > > >