More than 1.9 million Pennsylvanians, or about 14.8%, report having Irish ancestry. That’s second to the 21.7% who report German ancestry, according to Census Bureau data. (Also coming in with ...

Yes, this was Ellen’s family. In an attempt to make sense of this, I turned to an incredibly helpful website by renowned Irish genealogist, John Grenham. One of the reasons determining an exact ...

In 2018, the Black father of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, the Jamaican-born professor Donald Harris, wrote that the family ... another Irish American President, John F.

It must be the luck of the Irish! A 61-year-old professor born in Phoenix, Arizona, believes he is the first person to gain Irish citizenship solely based on the results of a DNA test, the Irish ...

“The world is a smaller place now,” says Marie Grenham, John’s granddaughter. “Nowhere is too far to go.” The third generation to run the family business, she is to retire next December ...

John Brownell Irish, MD passed away on Wednesday ... In 1962, he moved his family to Stockton, California where he practiced as a successful Radiologist with Radiology Medical Consultants Group ...

Piglet! My Irish surname means piglet! Like millions of Americans, I’ve been poking into my heritage using ancestry sites, such as FamilySearch.com. That’s how I learned that “Purcell” is ...

While St. Patrick’s Day is traditionally toasted with drinking, parades and more drinking, for many in Southwestern Pennsylvania it presents a chance to celebrate family and heritage. How deep those ...

Seán’s an Irish form of John, from Hebrew “Yahweh is gracious ... as long as there are parents proud of Irish ancestry Sean will never disappear.

members of a prosperous farming family near Dublin. His brother, Richard Bruton, also played a prominent role in Irish politics. John studied politics and economics at University College Dublin ...

LONDON — Former Irish prime minister John Bruton, who played a key role ... and a true patriot,” said a family statement released by Mr. Bruton’s Fine Gael party. First elected to Ireland ...

The Creoles’ rich ancestry ... Irish music mogul, Louis Walsh. It was from there that Richard McNicholas emigrated to the US after the Famine, ultimately settling in New Jersey. His son John ...