When Everything Changes: Using Critical Family History to Deconstruct Keesing and Fitzpatrick Surnames

Fitzpatrick, Esther; Fitzpatrick, Mike

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“…1400 AD. In other words, there is zero genetic evidence this Fitzpatrick clan was formed by direct paternal descent from an ancient ancestor who bore a Pátraic-surnamerather, the direct paternal lineage is elsewhere (Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick, 2020), and here lie some points of intrigue.…”

Section: Matthew Mac Giolla Phádraig: Locational Context and Connectionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In-depth Y-DNA surname studies can provide remarkable insights into paternal lineages, in many cases extending the definition of those lineages right back to the point when surnames were taken and beyond -providing insights into more ancient clan connections. And such studies involving surnames found in Éire can result in a wide range of outcomes concerning surname origins -from clear confirmations of historical records and pedigrees to problematic disruptions and subsequent personal and clan identity crises, the latter exemplified by the surname Fitzpatrick (Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick 2020).…”

Section: Matthew Mac Giolla Phádraig: Locational Context and Connectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is only natural that such connections should be considered. Various scholars in past times have assumed all Fitzpatricks must have common paternal ancestry (Shearman, 1879;Woulfe, 1923), but that simplistically based on them sharing a surname (i.e., Fitzpatrick) that only came into existence in the mid-sixteenth century; in fact, men who bear the surname Fitzpatrick today are of many and diverse patrilineages, not all of which are ancient (Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick, 2020). Hence, common paternal ancestry between Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics of Cill Dalua and Osraí cannot be taken as fact.…”

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Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD: Part I

Fitzpatrick¹

2021

J. Fitzpatrick Clan Soc.

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Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD is a three-part series, which provides an account of all known individual Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics in the late medieval era and details their temporalities, occupations, familial associations, and broader networks. The ultimate goal of the series is the full contextualisation of all available historical records relating to Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics alongside the genealogical record that can be extracted by twenty-first century science – that being the science of Y-DNA. The Papal Registers, in particular, record numerous occurrences of Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics, predominantly in the dioceses of Cill Dalua (Killaloe) and Osraí (Ossory), from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth century. Yet, no small intrigue surrounds their emergence. Part I of Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD examines the context surrounding the earliest appointments of Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics, which is in neither Cill Dalua nor Osraí but the diocese of Luimneach (Limerick). Once that context is understood, a pattern of associations emerges. A ‘coincidental’ twenty-first century surname match from the Fitzpatrick Y-DNA project leads to a review of the relationship between the FitzMaurice of Ciarraí (Kerry) clerics and Jordan Purcell, Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (1429-1472). The ‘coincidence’ then leads to an examination of a close Y-DNA match between men of the surnames Purcell and Hennessey. That match, coupled with the understanding that Nicholas Ó hAonghusa (O’Hennessey), elected Bishop of Lismore and Waterford (1480-1483) but with opposition, is considered a member of Purcell’s household, transforms the ‘coincidence’ into a curiosity. Part I morphs into a conversation, likely uncomfortable for some, relating to clerical concubinage, illegitimacy, and the ‘lubricity’ of the prioress and her nuns at the Augustinian nunnery of St Catherine's O’Conyll. The nunnery was located at Mainistir na gCailleach Dubh (Monasternagalliaghduff), which lay just a stone’s throw from where Bishop Jordan Purcell and Matthew Mac Giolla Phádraig, the first Mac Giolla Phádraig cleric recorded in the Papal Registers, emerged. Part I makes no judgments and draws no firm conclusions but prepares the reader for Part II by ending with some questions. Do the Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics of Osraí, who rose to prominence in the late-fifteenth century, have their origins in Deasmhumhain (Desmond)? Could the paternal lineages of Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics be, at least from the mid-fourteenth century, with the house of the Geraldine FitzMaurice clerics of Ciarraí? And, could some of the modern-day descendants of the Mac Giolla Phádraig clerics be those Costigans, FitzGeralds, and Fitzpatricks who are found under haplotype R-A1488?

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Section: Matthew Mac Giolla Phádraig: Locational Context and Connectionsmentioning

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Section: Matthew Mac Giolla Phádraig: Locational Context and Connectionsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD: Part I

Fitzpatrick¹

2021

J. Fitzpatrick Clan Soc.

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“…From the onset of the Fitzpatrick DNA Study (Fitzpatrick, 2005), it was clear there were several Fitzpatrick lines, and they were genetically diverse. One of the more extensive lines was known as the Nine of Clads since it was the ninth line discovered, and it was speculated the line originated in An Cabhán.…”

Section: William Fitzpatrick: Making Connections Via His Haplotypementioning

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“…From the early days of the Fitzpatrick Y-DNA project it was evident there was no single genetic Fitzpatrick patrilineage, rather several larger haplogroups were identified based on analysis of Y-DNA Short Tandem Repeats (STRs), which were broadly associated with either Counties, such as An Cabhán (Co. Cavan), An Dún (Co. Down), or Laois (Co. Laois) (Fitzpatrick, 2005). Today the complexity of Fitzpatrick Y-DNA lines is soundly understood ) and yet an understanding of how the Fitzpatrick surname, long considered a patronymic from a sole progenitor, came into the possession of numerous and diverse patrilineages is limited.…”

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Colonial American Fitzpatrick Settlers Part I: Making Sense of One Line

Fitzpatrick¹,

Fitzpatrick²

2020

J. Fitzpatrick Clan Soc.

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Before the turn of the 17th century the settlement of Irish in the Americas lacked permanence. Soon after, Irish came to North America and the Caribbean in a steady flow, and by the mid 18th century a flood of Irish and Scotch-Irish had settled in the Americas. The reasons for that settlement were many and varied, as were the geographic origins and lineages of those Fitzpatricks among the influx. This article provides a review of the forces that pushed and pulled Irish and Scotch-Irish to the Americas. By way of example, a single Fitzpatrick line demonstrates how messy traditional genealogy of early Colonial American Fitzpatricks can get. That messiness is due in no small part to the cut and paste functionality at websites such as ancestry.com. But by careful review of authentic historical records, caution with speculative associations, and the power of Y-DNA analysis, it is possible to untangle the mess and bring back some much-needed clarity. In this article, the example used is that of the well-known colonial-settler William Fitzpatrick (born ca. 1690 AD), of Albemarle County, Virginia, who arrived in North American ca. 1728. Two living ancestors of William have been found to share a common ancestry from ca. 1650 AD — both bear a genetic mutation (FT15113) specific to William's line; this enables the ready identification of male descendants of William.

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Decolonising an Irish Surname by Working the Hyphen of Gene-Ealogy

Fitzpatrick,

Fitzpatrick

2023

Genealogy

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The surname Fitzpatrick is readily identified as Irish. Until recently, the traditional Fitzpatrick surname narrative was of a medieval super-progenitor named Giolla Phádraig. His offspring, the eponymous Mac Giolla Phádraig, it was said, somehow came to dwell in every Irish province; yet this is an Irish surname myth that works to erase the history of ancient ‘Fitzpatrick’ clans. This article demonstrates how deconstructing the surname Fitzpatrick, through working the hyphen of gene-eaology, is a practice of decolonisation. Via genetic data and archival records, dominant clan identities are disrupted, while connections with lost clans are re/membered. Critical analysis dismantles the dominant narrative imposed by colonial strategies and reconnects people with kinship groups and forgotten forebears. Questions arise from the deconstruction of an Irish surname. How might new clan identities be imagined, and how is losing a dominant surname narrative negotiated?

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When Everything Changes: Using Critical Family History to Deconstruct Keesing and Fitzpatrick Surnames

Cited by 6 publications

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Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD: Part I

Mac Giolla Phádraig Clerics 1394-1534 AD: Part I

Colonial American Fitzpatrick Settlers Part I: Making Sense of One Line

Decolonising an Irish Surname by Working the Hyphen of Gene-Ealogy

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