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My Irish Roots
 spacer.gif (1028 bytes) For as long as I can remember, I have always been very proud of my Irish heritage.  I suppose it all started at my grandfather's knee.   He used to tell me that he would come back from the grave to haunt me if I didn't marry an Irishman, even if he had to kill himself to do it.  I wonder if he'd settle for my husband's Irish name.  Bob is a bit of a mongrel, really, with Irish, Scots, German, French and Native American roots.  I think Grandpa would like him, even if he is diluting my thorougbred bloodlines.

These are some of the coats of arms from the various branches of my family:

The Gilroy Coat of Arms The Doherty Coat of Arms The McGill Coat of Arms
Gilroy

My maiden name

 Doherty

My mother's maiden name.

 McGill

My maternal grandmother's maiden name

 

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