Anybody with FITZPATRICK connections? (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Wednesday, January 04, 2006, 16:28 (6693 days ago)

In trying to solve an ongoing family history puzzle I am asking if anybody has
any connections with the surname of FITZPATRICK particularly in the Forest of
Dean and Bristol areas. I am aware that the surname FITZPATRICK is not common in
Gloucestershire and originates from Ireland.

All my known ancestors on my fathers side were born in Gloucestershire and
Herefordshire mainly in and around the Forest of Dean. However It is almost
certain that somewhere in the past 300 years in my direct male lineage the
surname was FITZPATRICK.

A few years back as an aid to tracing my ancestors I joined the Watkins DNA
group and submitted a sample of my DNA. This particular DNA test lists my
Y-chromosomes.

The Y-chromosome element of DNA passes from father to son basically unchanged
over the generations.  I have just discovered that I have a match of 25 markers
out of 26 with a male person with the surname FITZPATRICK a match of this
resolution indicates that the two men share direct paternal line ancestry
statistically in fewer than 12 generations.

I never expected to match my DNA with another WATKINS except for a few
generations back as my male line was broken with my great-grandfather Joseph
Watkins being born out of wedlock to Esther Watkins and a father unknown. Joseph
adopted the Watkins surname.

Thank you for reading.