The author's paternal ancestors are shown on the chart below dating from about 1800, including Deane, Forde, Golden, Healy, and Purcell. Clicking on the link will open a descendants chart for that ancestor with an index of names at the back. Names of living relatives have been omitted for reasons of privacy.
Golden Y-DNA Results
A descendant of Thomas Golden c1820 has submitted a genealogical
Y-DNA test, and the results are posted on the "Golden Y-DNA Project"
page under the name of "Thomas Golden" (Kit 167422). The predicted Y-DNA Haplogroup, "R1b1b2" is consistent with the Gaelic-Celts who invaded Ireland from Europe before the time of Christ. This suggests that "Golden" is the Anglicised form of the Gaelic name, Ó Góilín or Mag Ualghairg. No close DNA matches have been found in the pubic databases to date, and so the common ancestors from the nearest matches, would probably have lived before surnames were adopted (c1,000 AD). These nearest matches have their origins mainly in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland (in that order). Hence, this Golden family could be descendants of one of the Gaelic tribes or clans located in Northern Ireland, that colonised Scotland also. Interestingly, most of the Golden families in Scotland during the 1891 census were concentrated in the region adjacent to Northern Ireland, separated by only 12 miles of water.
The following lists indicate how common each of the above surnames was by county during the 1848-1864 Griffiths Valuation. If the surname is very rare, then you can be more certain that a name which matches your ancestor's is more likely to be the correct person. If the name is common, then you may need more details to verify the match. This information is available for most surnames at the Irish Times web site.
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