The Y-DNA results are in from a family member and the haplogroup is R-M269. The test was done at Family Tree DNA out of Houston, Texas. The photograph of the Doran brothers was taken in Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey in the early 1940s. Bernard and William were both born in Belfast, Antrim County, Northern … Continue reading Doran Y-DNA Results
Harrison
Coming to America – Bernard Doran – 1910
The S.S. Columbia is the ship that my grandfather, Bernard Doran, came over from Northern Ireland to America in 1910. I found a really interesting webpage with vintage brochures from some of the ships that sailed back and forth from Europe to the United States. This ship was part of the Anchor Lines fleet. Here … Continue reading Coming to America – Bernard Doran – 1910
William John Doran (1893 – 1961)
This last August my brother, John, and I had the great good fortune of meeting two of William John Doran's children, and their spouses, in New Jersey. William John's brother, Bernard, was our grandfather. This is one of the photographs they had saved of their father. William John Doran was born in Belfast, County Antrim, … Continue reading William John Doran (1893 – 1961)
GenealogySisters 