Thank you Andrew. DNA projects are springing up all over with at times surprising results. At the end of the research line DNA results may be the only connection we will ever find.
As one example yet to be confirmed by DNA, we know that in 1608 this family lived in County Dublin. Researchers of the Kelly line, confirmed by a family historian, that part of the family moved to USA early 1700s and part of the family later moved to Australia.
Records for that era are sparse, but if my DNA test connects to the Dublin Kelly's then it may later match up with a Kelly somewhere in Australia, which will make us blood cousins.
Cheers
Don Kelly, admin