We have our first French Corlew member's test completed! The test results shows no genetic connection to any of the other Curley groups, including all the Curleys of Ireland and the Kerleys of England. This Corlew individual probably descends from the French Corlieu family, having ties to the English Curlieu family originally from Normandy. The absence of a Corlew match to the Curleys is no surprise, given what we've learned over the past few months regarding the MacOirghiallaigh origin of the Irish Curley family. Although there was still the chance of a connection to the English Kerley family.
We've also added another member to our Irish Curley group of counties Galway and Sligo. This group continues to expand in size, strengthening the case that this lineage represents the original MacOirealla lineage. We've also learned that this lineage has pre surname matches, circa 14th-15th century, to families of the east Breifne and Airghialla territories, including the family names O'Reilly and MacGauran, which are both mentioned in the Annals of Ulster in association with MacOirealla.
We've also added another member to our Irish Curley group of counties Galway and Sligo. This group continues to expand in size, strengthening the case that this lineage represents the original MacOirealla lineage. We've also learned that this lineage has pre surname matches, circa 14th-15th century, to families of the east Breifne and Airghialla territories, including the family names O'Reilly and MacGauran, which are both mentioned in the Annals of Ulster in association with MacOirealla.