Hi! I am very excited to have found this board! This year I got very interested in my paternal heritage and began investigating.Are we related? My father is Paul William Phaire(I don't know him). I think he was born in Puerto Rico.
He had many brothers and sisters.His mother and siblings lived in the Bronx,N.Y.,and so did he with my mother. He also served in the Vietnam War. After he and my mother seperated, he got married and had children, so I have some half-siblings out there.I think he had moved to California. So far I have found out that the Phaire's come from Ireland-in Ireland it was used as a nickname- i.e. Elizabeth the fair-fair referring to fair colored hair or a fair disposition. It is also descended from an Irish warrior named Fionn, and a female mythological figure named Fianna. We also have a coat of arms.I learned that our great great grandfather came from Ireland to the Virgin Islands and there is a slew of Phaire's there.I am interested in continuing to research this, and would love to share any information, as well as discover my relatives.E-mail
me-TheLadyPhaire@hotmail.com