Born in Fortuna California
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jack Glenn O'Leary
and Virginia May (Brown) O'Leary
Sister of
[private sister (1950s - unknown)], [private sister (1950s - unknown)] and Brian Arthur O'Leary
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 37
in San Jose California
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Biography
Erin O'Leary was a descendant of a pioneer California family that arrived in San Francisco from Ireland in 1862. Erin was murdered by her husband, Ismael Zavala in 1999. He died in a California prison in 2016.BAY AREA DATELINE - SFGate: Compiled from Examiner staff and wire reports. Published 4:00 am, Thursday, May 20, 1999. Murder suspect arrested in San Francisco. A San Jose man suspected of the brutal stabbing death of his wife was arrested in San Francisco after accosting a 12-year-old child, then threatening the youth's father and neighbors after they came to the child's aid. The arrest of Ismael Zavala Jr. at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday brought to a close the search for the 42-year-old man who was the prime suspect in the slaying of his wife, Erin O'Leary Zavala, 38. Her body was discovered in the couple's Sunol Avenue home Monday morning by Santa Clara County deputies conducting a welfare check requested by family members. Authorities believe a knife with a 9-inch blade recovered at the home was used in her murder. Forensic tests are underway to determine if it is the actual murder weapon.
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- Erin O'Leary Zavala Murdered, San Francisco Examiner, May 20, 1999
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Erin by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Erin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Erin by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Erin:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Terri (Sojat) Triesch 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch BE455792C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A124710 [compare], Ancestry member tmtriesch
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B324934
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~3.12%
Ben Marshall :
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